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"But you shall not go alone; take with you two of the best;

Cut-face and Aim-well, and go boldly, and show yourself to be

still Griso. The devil! people will be well content to let such

faces as yours pass without molestation! And as to the bailiffs

of Monza, they must have become weary of life to place it in such

danger, for the chance of a hundred crowns! But I do not believe

that I am so far unknown there, that the stamp of my service

should pass for nothing."

Griso, having received ample and minute instructions, took his

departure, accompanied by the two bravoes; cursing in his heart

the whims of his master.