"That is quite all right," Signore Difranco said, looking at Wyatt. "Actually, Mr. Holliday, I am, as you say out here in the west, on the dodge. I am in exile for my political beliefs back in Italy."

"An aristocrat who has leaked out of the European landscape," Doc said. "Now isn't that a daisy. And what political beliefs might those be?"

Signore Difranco looked Holliday in the eyes. "I was opposed to the monarchy and fought for Italian unification."

"You mean the Risorgimento," Holliday said.

Signore Difranco was obviously shocked by Doc's knowledge of Italian history. "I am impressed. Not many Americans have such a grasp of my country." "Why, Signore Difranco, we ma...

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