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The Saint

CHAPTER II
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I feel the need of a stroll to aid my digestion.

Dear friend," said he addressing Dane, "we shall meet at the Aniene." He approached Selva to bid him good-night, his hand extended.

At once the entire company, with the exception of Don Paolo and Minucci, gathered round him, urging him to remain.

He insisted quietly, checking his over-zealous assailants with a cold smile, a delicately sarcastic phrase, or a graceful gesture.
Di Leyni turned to Fare, motioning to him to join the others; but the fiery Don Paolo responded only by an emphatic shrug and a scowl of irritation.

In the meantime, a Tuscan voice was heard above the clamour of Marinier's assailants.
"_Stia bono!_" it said.


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