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`` Pray do not suggest such a thing . I have no further feeling of annoyance in the matter . '' Gouache insisted on being taken to his own lodgings , though Sant ' Ilario offered him the hospitality of the Palazzo Saracinesca . By four o'clock in the morning the ball was extracted and the surgeon took his leave , recommending sleep and quiet for his patient . Gouache , however , would not let Giovanni go without hearing the end of the story . `` The facts are very few , '' said the latter after a moment 's hesitation . `` It appears that you had arranged to meet a lady on Sunday morning .