"I have already apologized
to Signor Fenshawe. To-morrow a more ample explanation and expression
of regret should remove any cause of friction."
"I have reason to think there will be no difficulty in arriving at an
amicable settlement, provided you fall in with the suggestion I am here
to make."
"And that is?"
"That you release the Baron von Kerber to-night."
"Ha!" snarled Alfieri, but the Governor angrily motioned him to be
silent.
"No one is better aware than yourself, signora, how utterly impossible
is your request," he said.
"The proposal is not even worthy of debate, then?"
"But no."
"That is a pity. My small experience of life has taught me that when
two reasonable people, or even three, hold different views on any given
subject, there is always something to be said in favor of each
contention. Indeed, wisdom leans towards a compromise in such a case."
"You presuppose a mere divergence of opinion. Here we have no room for
it. Your confederate, signora, if you will pardon a harsh term, is
believed to have stolen valuable documents from my friend, Signor
Alfieri.
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