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 and in despair because you have never returned to him.'

'By to-morrow my papa will be a gentleman, for these four sovereigns will have become two thousand.'

'Don't trust, my boy, to those who promise to make you rich in a day. Usually they are either mad or rogues! Give ear to me, and go back.'

'On the contrary, I am determined to go on.'

'The hour is late! . . .'

'I am determined to go on.'

'The night is dark! . . .'

'I am determined to go on.'

'The road is dangerous! . . .'

'I am determined to go on.'

'Remember that boys who are bent on following their caprices, and will have their own way, sooner or later repent it.'

'Always the same stories. Good-night, Cricket.'

'Good-night, Pinocchio, and may Heaven preserve you from dangers and from assassins.'

No sooner had he said these words than the Talking-cricket vanished suddenly like a light that has been blown out, and the road became darker than ever.