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"You have been very kind to warn me."
"Yes."
"Is the man's name Argetti whom we are to meet?"
"He will answer for Signor Argetti."
"He is a gentleman, I suppose."
At that moment the girl stopped short. She faced our hero and said:
"You have not kept faith with me."
"I have not?"
"No."
"How have I failed?"
"You have brought others with you. I tell you frankly I will warn
Argetti."
"On my honor, I have not brought any one with me."
"We have been followed."
"Then our follower is the real foe of Argetti."
"Do you know him?"
"I do not."
"I shall warn Argetti."
"Do so."
"And you are willing that I should warn him?"
"Yes."
"I will tell him my suspicion."
"Very well, do so; there is no deceit in my visit to Signor Argetti."
The girl hesitated a moment and then said:
"Very well, I am but obeying orders all round. We will proceed."
Our hero was very handsomely attired, and he looked like a very
effeminate young man--one who possessed neither courage nor stamina.
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