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"I think that it is possible to clothe what one
has to say in so roundabout a form that----"
"That the censorship won't understand it?
And then you'll expect every poor artisan and
labourer to find out the meaning by the light of
the ignorance and stupidity that are in him! That
doesn't sound very practicable."
"Martini, what do you think?" asked the professor,
turning to a broad-shouldered man with
a great brown beard, who was sitting beside him.
"I think that I will reserve my opinion till I
have more facts to go upon. It's a question of
trying experiments and seeing what comes of them."
"And you, Sacconi?"
"I should like to hear what Signora Bolla has
to say. Her suggestions are always valuable."
Everyone turned to the only woman in the
room, who had been sitting on the sofa, resting
her chin on one hand and listening in silence to
the discussion. She had deep, serious black eyes,
but as she raised them now there was an unmistakable
gleam of amusement in them.


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