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La Mazzolata.

           JohnLateran,andPeppino,calledRoccaPriori,convictedofcomplicitywiththedetestablebanditLuigiVampa,andthemenofhisband.’Hum!‘Thefirstwillbemazzolato,theseconddecapitato.’Yes,"continuedthecount,"itwasatfirstarrangedinthisway;butIthinksinceyesterdaysomechangehastakenplaceintheorderoftheceremony."

           "Really?"saidFranz.

           "Yes,IpassedtheeveningattheCardinalRospigliosi’s,andtherementionwasmadeofsomethinglikeapardonforoneofthetwomen."

           "ForAndreaRondolo?"askedFranz.

           "No,"repliedthecount,carelessly;"fortheother(heglancedatthetabletsasiftorecallthename),forPeppino,calledRoccaPriori.Youarethusdeprivedofseeingamanguillotined;butthemazzuolastillremains,whichisaverycuriouspunishmentwhenseenforthefirsttime,andeventhesecond,whiletheother,asyoumustknow,isverysimple.Themandaia6neverfails,nevertrembles,neverstrikesthirtytimesineffectually,likethesoldierwhobeheadedtheCountofChalais,andtowhosetendermercyRichelieuhaddoubtlessrecommendedthesufferer.Ah,"addedthecount,inacontemptuoustone,"donottellmeofEuropeanpunishments,theyareintheinfancy,orrathertheoldage,ofcruelty."

           6Guillotine.

           "Really,count,"repliedFranz,"onewouldthinkthatyouhadstudiedthedifferenttorturesofallthenationsoftheworld.

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