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"/Per Bacco/! " said Dr. Riccabocca, putting his hand on Lenny's shoulder, and bending down to look into his face, -- "/per Bacco/! my young friend, do you sit here from choice or necessity?"
Lenny slightly shuddered, and winced under the touch of one whom he had hitherto regarded with a sort of superstitious abhorrence.