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honour? Is it to you that my father and I are fo much indebted ! Ah ! Don Alphoufo ! why did you kill my brother?” She faid no more; but hccafily perceived by thefe words, and the tone in which they were pronounced, that if he was violently in love with Scraphina, fhe was no lefs enamoured of him.
BOOK VI.
C II A P. I.
The conduit of Gil Bias and his companions aflcr they quitted the Count de Po/an. The important proje l which Ambrofe joi ned , and the manner in which it was executed.
^IIE count de Polan having fpent one half of the X night in thanking and a (Turing us, that we might depend upon his gratitude, called the landlord, 111 order to confult with him about the means of getting in fafety to Tunis, whither he dcligned to go. We left that nobleman to make his meafures accoidingly ; and departing from the inn, followed the road that Lamcla plcafed to chufe.
After having travelled two hours, day furpruted ns near Campelio ; upon which, we immediately betook ourfelves to the mountains, which arc between that village and Requcna, and there palled the day in repofing ourfelves, and counting our finances, which were a good deal incrcafcd by the money of the rob^ bers ; for above three hundred piftoles were found in their pockets. As foon as it was dark wc; fet forward again, and next morning entered the kingdom of Valencia. We retired to the firft wood that pre- fented itfclf to our view i and pulhing a good way into