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And if a robber, who might have under his command a band of

villains, because if he were alone--" He hesitated a moment,

finishing the phrase with a gesture, and then proceeded, "If a

robber wished to know who I was, in order to do me some evil

turn, I ask you if that face would move from the paper to help

me. Am I obliged to tell my business? Truly, this is something

new. Suppose, for instance, that I have come to Milan to

confess-I would wish to do it to a capuchin father, and not to

the landlord of an inn."