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The Amulet

CHAPTER VIII
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You can buy whatever you may need." The servant extended his hand to his master, and going to the door, said: "Adieu, signor; if you do not refuse to aid me when I am in want, I will keep your secret faithfully." "Do your work in the cellar carefully, Julio.

I wish you a pleasant journey." Julio descended the staircase and walked slowly down the street.
His master opened the window and watched him until he was out of sight.
Simon Turchi drew a long breath, as though the weight of a mountain had been removed from his heart.

A smile lighted up his face, and he said in an accent of intense joy: "He has gone! Now I have nothing to fear.

The bailiff may find the body; Julio committed the crime; I know nothing of it; I am as innocent as a lamb.

Ah! I thought I was lost.


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