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Chapter 8

           Wehavecometoaperiodofhistorywhenrankandlineagecountasnothingatall,owingtotheprofoundlyobtusestupidityofthosewhohappentopossessit.Soitchances,thatasnoresistanceismade,brewersarecreatedpeersoftherealm,andordinarytradesmenareknighted,andtheveryoldfamiliesaresopoorthattheyhavetoselltheirestatesandjewelstothehighestbidder,whoisfrequentlyavulgar‘railway-king’ortheintroducerofsomenewmanure.Youoccupyabetterpositionthansuch,sinceyouinherityourmoneywiththefarthersatisfactionthatyoudonotknowhowitwasmade."

           "True!"Iansweredmeditativelythen,withasuddenflashofrecollectionIadded"BythewayInevertoldyouthatmydeceasedrelativeimaginedthathehadsoldhissoultothedevil,andthatthisvastfortuneofhiswasthematerialresult!"

           Lucioburstintoaviolentfitoflaughter.

           "No!Notpossible!"heexclaimedderisively"Whatanidea!Isupposehehadascrewloosesomewhere!Imagineanysanemanbelievinginadevil!Ha,ha,ha!Andintheseadvanceddaystoo!Well,well!Thefollyofhumanimaginationswillneverend!Hereweare!"andhespranglightlyoutasthebroughamstoppedattheGrandHotel"Iwillsaygood-nighttoyou,Tempest.I’vepromisedtogoandhaveagamble."

           "Agamble?Where?"

           "Atoneoftheselectprivateclubs.ThereareanyamountoftheminthiseminentlymoralmetropolisnooccasiontogotoMonteCarlo!Willyoucome?"

           Ihesitated

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