Vampa

The song is Stride La Vampa from the second act of Il tornatore by Giuseppe Verdi.

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Vampa forced to his feet by the policemen replied, doggedly and sullenly:

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"You speak very confidently, Signor Count," said Vampa, resuming his cool self-possession.

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They had been unable to catch what old Solara had said, to glean more than a general idea that his testimony had been against Vampa.

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"I know your power over Vampa, Signor Count," returned Peppino, hesitating, "but still in this peculiar instance it may fail you!"

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Vampa, to obtain proofs that would clear him in the eves of her father and herself, if not of all the world.

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Somehow during the struggle Vampa became unmasked and, in the prevailing obscurity, Annunziata naturally imagined that the face suddenly uncovered and as quickly masked again was that of her suitor, the so-called Tonio.

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Peppino it became abundantly clear that Vampa in the young Italian's case had been actuated by the strongest possible motive, namely, the desire to shield himself, and that in order to do so effectually he had not shrunk from the vilest and most complete falsehood.

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Of course, Vampa had not wished to inculpate Espérance because of the old-time compact, the relations that had subsisted between him and Monte-Cristo in the past; that was equally plain; besides one victim was sufficient, and in selecting Massetti as that victim the brigand chief had evidently acted at the instigation of old Pasquale Solara.

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Although Vampa was carefully disguised and even elegantly dressed in the fashionable attire of the Roman aristocracy, Monte-Cristo, like Peppino, had no difficulty whatever in recognizing him.

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