Turbulent Tales

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Raphael Sabatini. Turbulent Tales

Turbulent Tales

Table of Contents

1. THE KNEELING CUPID

2. BY ANCIENT CUSTOM

3. THE SCAPULARY

4. THE REMEDY

5. THE CONSTABLE OF CHARD

6. THE CATCHPOLL

7. LOADED DICE

8. CASANOVA'S ALIBI

9. THE OPEN DOOR

10. THE LORD OF TIME

11. THE DEATH-MASK

12. THE ALCHEMICAL EGG

13. THE GHOST OF TRONJOLLY

14. THE LUCK OF CAPOULADE

15. THE PASSPORT

16. THE RECOIL

THE END

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Raphael Sabatini

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The Cardinal stared at him, annoyed by his stupidity. A faint smile of disdain overspread his white face.

"Look at it," he commanded. "And take your answer from the figure itself. As your experience widens you will come to understand that no sculptor since Phidias could have wrought so lovely a thing. Consider it, examine it closely. I promise you that it will bear inspection." Sighing, he placed a hand upon the young man's shoulder. "When you, my young friend, can make something that is even remotely comparable with this, you may depend upon me to set your feet upon the road to fortune."

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