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"MY DEAR DAVID ROSSI,--All day long I've been carrying your

letter round like a reliquary, taking a peep at it in cabs, and

even, when I dare, in omnibuses and the streets

"What you say about Bruno has put me in a fever, and I have

written to the Director-General for permission to visit the

prison Even Lawyer Napoleon is of opinion that Bruno is being

made a victim of that secret inquisition No Holy Inquisition was

ever more unscrupulous Lawyer N says the authorities in Italy

have inherited the traditions of a bad régi it is horrible But in this case it is

doing evil to prevent others fro tempted to betray you If I could only take his

place! Would their plots have any effect upon me? I should die

first

"And now about my friend I can hardly hold ood, so noble I ht have knohat

you would think, and yet

"Dearest, how can I go on? Can't you divine what I wish to tell

you? Your letter coer Didn't you guess who ht