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But that day I was to have the greatest fright of all. You remember, Fritz, that Sorle had told me at supper the night before, that if we did not receive the invoice, our spirits of wine would be at the risk of M. Quataya of Pezenas, and that we need feel no anxiety about it.
I thought so, too, for it seemed to me right; and as the French and German gates were closed at three o'clock, and nothing more could enter the city, I supposed that that was the end of the matter, and felt quite relieved.