9/23 How is he doing me harm, if I may ask ?" "I argue in this way," returned Saracinesca, thus pressed. "The fellow found a most ingenious way of attacking my son--he searched the whole country till he found that a man called Giovanni Saracinesca had been, married some time ago in Aquila. He copied the certificates, and produced them as pretended proof that my son was already married. If I had not found the man myself, there would have been trouble. Now besides this, Del Ferice is known to hold Liberal views--" "Of the feeblest kind," interrupted the statesman, who nevertheless became very grave. |