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A few days later, the Gadfly, still rather pale and limping more than usual, entered the reading room of the public library and asked for Cardinal Montanelli's sermons. Riccardo, who was reading at a table near him, looked up. He liked the Gadfly very much, but could not digest this one trait in him -- this curious personal maliciousness.
"Are you preparing another volley against that unlucky Cardinal? " he asked half irritably.