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A Conspiracy of the Carbonari

CHAPTER VII
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Yet no, they are no papers, each is a magic spell, with which you can make a palace rise out of nothing.

See this thin scrap of paper; a spark would suffice to transform it to ashes, yet you need only carry it to the nearest banker's to see it changed into a heap of gold, or glitter as a _parure_ of the costliest diamonds.

If you desire it, these papers will transmute themselves into a magnificent castle, into liveried servants, into superb carriages.

Oh, I already see you standing as the proud mistress of a stately castle, in your ancestral hall, with vassals bowing before you, and counts and princes suing for your hand.

For these magic papers will give you everything, everything; not luxury alone, but honor, rank, and dignity, the love and esteem of men.


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