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However
,
as
he
was
a
favorite
with
Cucumetto
,
as
he
had
for
three
years
faithfully
served
him
,
and
as
he
had
saved
his
life
by
shooting
a
dragoon
who
was
about
to
cut
him
down
,
he
hoped
the
chief
would
have
pity
on
him
.
He
took
Cucumetto
one
side
,
while
the
young
girl
,
seated
at
the
foot
of
a
huge
pine
that
stood
in
the
centre
of
the
forest
,
made
a
veil
of
her
picturesque
head-dress
to
hide
her
face
from
the
lascivious
gaze
of
the
bandits
.
There
he
told
the
chief
all
--
his
affection
for
the
prisoner
,
their
promises
of
mutual
fidelity
,
and
how
every
night
,
since
he
had
been
near
,
they
had
met
in
some
neighboring
ruins
.
"
It
so
happened
that
night
that
Cucumetto
had
sent
Carlini
to
a
village
,
so
that
he
had
been
unable
to
go
to
the
place
of
meeting
.
Cucumetto
had
been
there
,
however
,
by
accident
,
as
he
said
,
and
had
carried
the
maiden
off
.
Carlini
besought
his
chief
to
make
an
exception
in
Rita
's
favor
,
as
her
father
was
rich
,
and
could
pay
a
large
ransom
.
Cucumetto
seemed
to
yield
to
his
friend
's
entreaties
,
and
bade
him
find
a
shepherd
to
send
to
Rita
's
father
at
Frosinone
.
Carlini
flew
joyfully
to
Rita
,
telling
her
she
was
saved
,
and
bidding
her
write
to
her
father
,
to
inform
him
what
had
occurred
,
and
that
her
ransom
was
fixed
at
three
hundred
piastres
.
Twelve
hours
'
delay
was
all
that
was
granted
--
that
is
,
until
nine
the
next
morning
.
The
instant
the
letter
was
written
,
Carlini
seized
it
,
and
hastened
to
the
plain
to
find
a
messenger
.
He
found
a
young
shepherd
watching
his
flock
.
The
natural
messengers
of
the
bandits
are
the
shepherds
who
live
between
the
city
and
the
mountains
,
between
civilized
and
savage
life
.
The
boy
undertook
the
commission
,
promising
to
be
in
Frosinone
in
less
than
an
hour
.
Carlini
returned
,
anxious
to
see
his
mistress
,
and
announce
the
joyful
intelligence
.
He
found
the
troop
in
the
glade
,
supping
off
the
provisions
exacted
as
contributions
from
the
peasants
;
but
his
eye
vainly
sought
Rita
and
Cucumetto
among
them
.
He
inquired
where
they
were
,
and
was
answered
by
a
burst
of
laughter
.
A
cold
perspiration
burst
from
every
pore
,
and
his
hair
stood
on
end
.
He
repeated
his
question
.
One
of
the
bandits
rose
,
and
offered
him
a
glass
filled
with
Orvietto
,
saying
,
'
To
the
health
of
the
brave
Cucumetto
and
the
fair
Rita
.
'
At
this
moment
Carlini
heard
a
woman
's
cry
;
he
divined
the
truth
,
seized
the
glass
,
broke
it
across
the
face
of
him
who
presented
it
,
and
rushed
towards
the
spot
whence
the
cry
came
.
After
a
hundred
yards
he
turned
the
corner
of
the
thicket
;
he
found
Rita
senseless
in
the
arms
of
Cucumetto
.
At
the
sight
of
Carlini
,
Cucumetto
rose
,
a
pistol
in
each
hand
.
The
two
brigands
looked
at
each
other
for
a
moment
--
the
one
with
a
smile
of
lasciviousness
on
his
lips
,
the
other
with
the
pallor
of
death
on
his
brow
.
A
terrible
battle
between
the
two
men
seemed
imminent
;
but
by
degrees
Carlini
's
features
relaxed
,
his
hand
,
which
had
grasped
one
of
the
pistols
in
his
belt
,
fell
to
his
side
.
Rita
lay
between
them
.
The
moon
lighted
the
group
.
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"
'
Well
,
'
said
Cucumetto
,
'
have
you
executed
your
commission
?
'
"
'
Yes
,
captain
,
'
returned
Carlini
.
'
At
nine
o'clock
tomorrow
Rita
's
father
will
be
here
with
the
money
.
'
--
'
It
is
well
;
in
the
meantime
,
we
will
have
a
merry
night
;
this
young
girl
is
charming
,
and
does
credit
to
your
taste
.
Now
,
as
I
am
not
egotistical
,
we
will
return
to
our
comrades
and
draw
lots
for
her
.
'
--
'
You
have
determined
,
then
,
to
abandon
her
to
the
common
law
?
'
said
Carlini
.
"
'
Why
should
an
exception
be
made
in
her
favor
?
'
"
'
I
thought
that
my
entreaties
'
--
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"
'
What
right
have
you
,
any
more
than
the
rest
,
to
ask
for
an
exception
?
'
--
'
It
is
true
.
'
--
'
But
never
mind
,
'
continued
Cucumetto
,
laughing
,
'
sooner
or
later
your
turn
will
come
.
'
Carlini
's
teeth
clinched
convulsively
.
"
'
Now
,
then
,
'
said
Cucumetto
,
advancing
towards
the
other
bandits
,
'
are
you
coming
?
'
--
'
I
follow
you
.
'
"
Cucumetto
departed
,
without
losing
sight
of
Carlini
,
for
,
doubtless
,
he
feared
lest
he
should
strike
him
unawares
;
but
nothing
betrayed
a
hostile
design
on
Carlini
's
part
.
He
was
standing
,
his
arms
folded
,
near
Rita
,
who
was
still
insensible
.
Cucumetto
fancied
for
a
moment
the
young
man
was
about
to
take
her
in
his
arms
and
fly
;
but
this
mattered
little
to
him
now
Rita
had
been
his
;
and
as
for
the
money
,
three
hundred
piastres
distributed
among
the
band
was
so
small
a
sum
that
he
cared
little
about
it
.