"What do you mean ?" "No, no, the chair would come too late!" said Simon Turchi, in an agitated voice.

"Talk no more about it; this evening you must lie in wait for Geronimo and kill him.

It is decided; it must be done!" "I know a means to accomplish your purpose without danger either to you or me, signor," said the servant.
"Ah, if what you say be true! Tell me this means of safety!" "There lives in the parish of Saint Andrew a man of giant stature and strength; he is named Bufferio; he will do anything for money; whether it be to beat, wound, or kill a man, it is all the same to him.

He fulfils his mission to the satisfaction of his employers, and he never betrays a secret.

He has five or six intrepid companions engaged in the same trade as himself; they may be relied upon.