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The paper of the letter was crackling in his hand, and his husky voice

was breaking Save for these sounds and the tra outside, there was a dead silence in the court

"You are not fancying at all, Rocco," said the Public Prosecutor "We

are all sorry for you, and I aentlemen of the

tribunal pity you Your comrade, your master, the man you have followed

and trusted, is false to you He is a traitor to his friend, his

country, and his King The denunciation you made in prison is true in

substance and in fact I advise you to adhere to it, and to cast

yourself on the clemency of the court"

"Here--you--shut up your head and let a man think," said Bruno

Roma tried to rise She could not Then she tried to cry out soue clave to the roof of her mouth Would Bruno break down at

the last an to laugh in a

delirious way "So ed"

He reeled a little and the letter dropped froround a pace or two farther on

"Yes, by God, I'll be revenged," he cried, and he laughed again