[Count Hannibal by Stanley J. Weyman]@TWC D-Link book
Count Hannibal

CHAPTER XVII
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You will not feel the air from without there.

The very becoming dress which you have adopted secures you from cold.

But--do you not find it somewhat oppressive this summer weather ?" "Curse you!" the young man cried, trembling.
Tavannes turned and looked at him with a dark smile.

"The curse may fall," he said, "but I fancy it will not be in consequence of your petitions, Monsieur.

And now, were it not better you played the man ?" "If I were armed," the other cried passionately, "you would not insult me!" "Sit down, sir, sit down," Count Hannibal answered sternly.


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