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| Fortunato assassinates a Frenchman and re-embarks—Leaves for Europe—Ignominious fall of Prado, dictator of Peru—He is a wretch—I had to suffer from him—The only safeguard of citizens of the United States—Revolution in Bolivia—No one willing to bury the dead priest—The gaucho, lasso, and dead priest—The clergy rapacious, cowardly, etc.—Sisters of Charity alone devoted—Cassocked bandits of South America—They raise the price of sepulture—Order of the municipality—The people of the Argentine republic the sink—The public treasury a milch-cow—Spanish-American republics—What!—Buenos Ayres—The saddest country in the world—Montevideo—Writing my grand 'Tarantelle'—Count Gioanninni to present it to the princess—Ditson, and 'Seven Octaves'—Note | 471 |
| Conclusion | 477 |
