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Julio, as if stupefied, said not a word

Si: "It is well; I will go

and deliver you up to justice"

The terrified servant sprang after hily: "I submit myself to your will, and accept the fate I

cannot escape I have never before committed a nor? Tell me when I must accomplish this

horrible crime"

"This very day, Julio"

"To-day?--so soon?"

"To-morroould be too late"

"Well, command; the sooner the better"

"To-day is the eve of May Geronimo intends to serenade Miss Van de Werve

Only two lute-players will attend hio to bed at the factory under pretence of indisposition; all the

servants will know that I have not leftDo you put on the old

Spanish cape which has been laid aside for five years; no one will then

recognize you You must be in Hoboken Street, near the Dominican Convent,

before eleven o'clock There is at that spot a hich Geroni Hide behind the well until Geronimo

approaches, then rush upon him and deal him a fatal blow; strike several

times The lute-players are cowards, and they will run away Take from the

dead body of Geronimo a pocket-book which you will find in a pocket on the

left side of his doublet; there is in this pocket-book a writing which he

took fro accomplished this,

and return by the darkest streets; you will not be discovered Above all,

do not forget the pocket-book"