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A fat waiter conducted a well-dressed, lady-like girl up the great marble staircase of the Hotel Brun, in Bologna, rapped lightly at the door of a private sitting-room, and ushered her in.
Angelo Borselli, who rose to meet her, bowed politely, with a smile on his sallow face, and welcomed his visitor.