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"I will," said Renzo, and he gathered his clothes, scattered here

and there on the bed, like the fragments of a shipwreck on the

coast. Whilst engaged in the act of dressing, he continued, "but

I will not go to the Capitano di Giustizia; I have nothing to do

with him: since you put this affront on me, I wish to be

conducted to Ferrer; I am acquainted with him; I know he is an

honest man, and he is under obligations to me."

"Yes, yes, my good fellow, you shall be conducted to Ferrer,"

replied the notary.