24. For the reason that (and these are most assuredly factual data), on the—day of the year—, in the reign of Victor Emmanuel III, by the grace of God and the will of the people King of Italy, in the worthy city of Richieri, in the Via del Crocefisso, at the official number 24, there was one Signor Cav. Elpidio Stampa who kept a notary’s office. “It is still there? At No. 24? So, you all know Notary Stampa?” Ah, then, we can be quite sure that we are not mistaken. That Notary Stampa, then, whom you all know. Right? But you cannot imagine what a state of mind I was in as I entered his office.
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