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Chapter 22

           ThenDicktrippedandfell;hewashurtsomewherebuthestruggledupagainwrestlinginarmsthatsuddenlybrokeapart.Therewasanewvoiceandanewargumentbutheleanedagainstthewall,pantingandfuriousattheindignityofhisposition.Hesawtherewasnosympathyforhimbuthewasunabletobelievethathewaswrong.

           Theyweregoingtothepolicestationandsettleitthere.Hishatwasretrievedandhandedtohim,andwithsomeoneholdinghisarmlightlyhestrodearoundthecornerwiththetaxi-menandenteredabarebarrackwherecarabinieriloungedunderasingledimlight.

           Atadesksatacaptain,towhomtheofficiousindividualwhohadstoppedthebattlespokeatlengthinItalian,attimespointingatDick,andlettinghimselfbeinterruptedbythetaxi-menwhodeliveredshortburstsofinvectiveanddenunciation.Thecaptainbegantonodimpatiently.Hehelduphishandandthehydra-headedaddress,withafewpartingexclamations,diedaway.ThenheturnedtoDick.

           "SpickItaliano?"heasked.

           "No."

           "SpickFrançais?"

           "Oui,"saidDick,glowering.

           "Alors.Écoute.VaauQuirinal.Espèced’endormi.Écoute:vousêtessaoûl.Payezcequelechauffeurdemande.Comprenez-vous?"

           Divershookhishead.

           "Non,jeneveuxpas."

           "COME?"

           "Jepaieraiquarantelires.C’estbienassez."

           Thecaptainstoodup.

           "Écoute!"hecriedportentously."Vousêtessaoûl.Vousavezbattulechauffeur.Commeci,commeça."Hestrucktheairexcitedlywithrighthandandleft,"C’estbonquejevousdonnelaliberté.

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