BOOK THREE
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
BOOK FOUR
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
BOOK FIVE
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
摘要
The priest smiled. "Go on," he said. "I am listening."
"Of course some of the bonds were not accounted for but the priest had all of the three per cent bonds and several local obligations, I forget exactly what they were. So I went to the jail, now this is the point of the story, and I stood outside his cell and I said as though I were going to confession, 'Bless me, father, for you have sinned."'
There was great laughter from everybody. "And what did he say?" asked the priest. Rocca ignored this and went on to explain the joke to me. "You see the point, don't you?" It seemed it was a very funny joke if you understood it properly. They poured me more wine and I told the story about the English private soldier who was placed under the shower bath. Than the major told the story of the eleven Czechoslovaks and the Hungarian corporal. Afier some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny. The major said there was an Italian story something like that about the duchess who could not sleep at night. At this point the priest left and I told the story about the travel ling salesman who arrived at five o'clock in the morning at Marseilles when the mistral was blowing. The majorsaid he had heard a report that I could drink. I denied this. He said it was true and by the corpse of Bacchus we would test whether it was true or not.