Volume 4: Adventures in the South · Episode 20: Milan
Chapter XIX
Humiliation of The Countess—Zenobia’s Wedding—Faro Conquest of The Fair Irene—Plan for a Masquerade
On my return I found the count with one of the marquis’s servants, who gave me a note, begging me to send the dress, which I did directly.
“The marquis will dine with us,” said the count, “and, no doubt, he will bring the money with him for this treasure.”
“You think it a treasure, then?”
“Yes, fit for a queen to wear.”
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