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VOLUME 6 — SPANISH PASSIONS,

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EPISODE 26 — SPAIN

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CHAPTER I

I Am Ordered to Leave Vienna—The Empress Moderates but Does
Not Annul the Order—Zavoiski at Munich—My Stay at
Augsburg—Gasconnade at Louisburg—The Cologne Newspaper—
My Arrival at Aix-la-Chapelle

The greatest mistake a man that punishes a knave can commit is to leave the said rogue alive, for he is certain to take vengeance. If I had had my sword in the den of thieves, I should no doubt have defended myself, but it would have gone ill with me, three against one, and I should probably have been cut to pieces, while the murderers would have escaped unpunished.