During this time, M. Cavalcanti the elder had left to resume his post, not in the army of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, but at the roulette tables of Bagni di Lucca, where he was one of the most loyal courtiers. It goes without saying that he had taken with him the amount allocated for his journey -- and as a reward for the solemn and dignified way in which he had played his role of father -- scrupulously counted down to the last paul.

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