Mezzoni the Brigand — page 116: what you’re looking at

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108 ' MEZZONI THE BRIGAND. woman? I would put a dagger into her heart with out one moment’s hesitation if such were the case.”’ She chafed like a wild beast at the very idea. She was in‘a dangerous mood now, and capable of any act, however violent. Alberto Corrello went thoughtfully toward his own residence after leaving Signora Amadeo. His eyes were upon the ground, and he seemed entirely lost within himself or he would otherwise have observed that he had been followed by a man, both on his way from home and now on his return toward it. The stranger had no strong individuality of dress or manner, but seemed to an unobservant person to be merely strolling through the streets with the care- lessness of an idler. A careful observer, however, would have noticed that the man’s eyes were never off Alberto Corrello. Just as the latter was about to enter his own door he looked up and caught the eye of this man upon him, and he remembered having seen him once or twice before, at different places, and particularly in one of the gambling hells which he frequented nightly. He did not seem to notice him very carefully, and yet he wondered who the man could be. He was a stranger in Naples and a foreigner he thought by his appearance, as he strolled along. When Beppo admitted his master, Alberto said to the servant: ‘“‘Notice that man just crossing the street yonder. Here, this way.”’ ‘‘T see him, sir.”’ ‘“Have you seen him before?”’ “Yes, sir.” ‘“Where?’’ comicbooks.com —