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After having accompanied Deodati to his residence, Simon Turchi went to his own dwelling near the bridge _De la Vigne_.
He was greatly excited, either by extreme anxiety or by a feverish impatience; for he descended to the ground-floor, entered his office, pretended to be looking for some papers, went up stairs again, paced the room, opened the window, looked up and down the street, closed the window petulantly, and at last, stamping his foot, he angrily exclaimed: