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Rh "Sire, I listen," said de Blacas, biting his nails with impatience.

"I wish to consult you on this passage, Molli fugis anhelitu; you know it refers to a stag flying from a wolf. Arc you not a sportsman and a great wolf-hunter? Well, then, what do you think of the molli anhelitu?"

"Admirable, sire; but my messenger is like the stag you refer to, for he has posted two hundred and twenty leagues in little more than three days."

"Which is undergoing great fatigue and anxiety, my dear count, when