john9221
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de up my mind to give him an early
call; but he did not leave me the opportunityas he called on me early in the morning.
After returning me the hundred sequins he embraced me affectionatelyandshewing me a large letter of
credit on Bettonisaid that I must consider his purse as mine. In shortthough he said nothing about the past
he gave me to understand that he wished to initiate a mutual policy of forget and forgive.
On this occasion my heart proved too strong for my brain; such has often been the case with me. I agreed to
the articles of peace he offered and required.
BesidesI was no longer at that headstrong age which only knows one kind of satisfactionthat of the sword. I
remembered that if Manucci had been wrong so had Iand I felt that my honour ran no danger of being
compromised.
The day afterI went to dinner with him. The Chevalier de Neuville came in towards the close of the meal
and Medini a few moments later. The latter called on us to hold a bankeach in his turnand we agreed.
Manucci gained double what he had lost; Neuvilie lost four hundred sequinsand I only lost a trifle. Medini
who had only lost about fifty sequins was desperateand would have thrown himself out of the window.
A few days later Manucci set out for [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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