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"Reconcile? What do you mean! Go to the devil with your

reconciliation!" interrupted the Judge, stamping his foot. "Look

at this monk! Because I receive him courteously, he wants to lead

me by the nose. Pray understand that the Soplicas are not wont to

be reconciled; when they summon a man to court they must win

their case. Sometimes a suit has continued in their name until

they won it in the sixth generation. I committed folly enough by

your advice when I convoked for the third time the Chamberlain's

court. From this day on there shall be no compromise, none, none,

none!" (As he shouted these words he walked up and down and

stamped both feet.) "Besides that, he must beg my pardon for his

discourteous act of yesterday, or fight a duel!"