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deprecate the inflexible decree

Mr Van de Werve took his hand, and said in a calnor, and do not let yourself be blinded by affection

What a dishonor to my name, were I to permit a man with so tarnished a

reputation to enter ood

and noble child to one as not withdrawn fro benefits? Could I accept as my son a man whom I could not

esteeratitude to you?

Acknowledge with me that such a union is impossible, and let us talk no

as you remain at

Antwerp"

The merchant shook his head, and after a few ht to ad this honorable

alliance What happiness Geronimo has staked on the cast of a die! I thank

you, Mr Van de Werve, for your proffered friendship, but I shall not

renor Turchi to settle up the

affairs of the house in this city Now that I have no one in the world to

care for, none for whom to work and amass money, I shall retire from

commerce I have ordered the Il Salvatore to be provisioned, and I shall

set sail by the first favorable wind"