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The Amulet

CHAPTER XII
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To-day I shall beg Signor 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." "You are right, signor.

By returning to your own beautiful country, you will the sooner forget this misfortune." "God knows when I will revisit my country!" replied the old man.
"Are you not going to Italy ?" demanded Mr.Van de Werve.
"No, sir; but to England." "In search of your nephew?
Signor Turchi led us to suppose that he had sought refuge in that island.

I admire your unbounded love for a man so little deserving of it; but, signor, you require rest.


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