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Image Attribution: Olof Johan Södermark (1790-1848) (Public domain)
Image Attribution: Olof Johan Södermark (1790-1848) (Public domain)
On the 8th of March, at six o’clock in the morning, the Marchese, wearing all his orders, was making his elder son dictate to him the draft of a third political despatch; he was solemnly occupied in transcribing this in his fine and careful hand, upon paper that bore the Sovereign’s effigy as a watermark. At the same moment, Fabrizio was knocking at Contessa Pietranera’s door.
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