Knowing that he would be susceptible to the arguments of his persuasive co-brother-in-law Antonio de' Medici, Saminiato tried to avoid his company.

If there are people so unreflecting or so cruel, as to make a jest of me, what is left for me to do but to make a jest of myself, them, and every thing?

Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life.

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