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you!"

Simon Turchi prepared to accoether the bailiff, Messire John Van Schoonhoven, suddenly

entered, and without the formality of a salutation, he exclaimed: "Gentlemen, I have news!"

Turchi trembled and turned pale; but as the unexpected announcement of the

bailiff had startled the others, his emotion was not attributed to terror

"For the love of God be calentlemen, and do not anticipate too much I

do not knohat has become of the unfortunate Geronimo, but I have just

cause to hope that ill soon find him--at least we have a clue' I have

learned, beyond doubt, that on the day of his disappearance, about five

o'clock in the evening, he was seen beyond the Square of Meir A monk from

the Dominican Convent, who knows him well, saluted hi upon this inforent subordinates has been tracing hih the quarter of the Jews This is all I know at present, but these

facts are sufficient to determine the direction of our researches, and may

perhaps lead to a fortunate issue By early dawn to-ents at my disposal; I will divide them into small bands, and I

will order thearden in a certain

part of the city, and that in thea

spot unexamined[22] I myself will superintend the work, and will visit in

person each hand of workmen to see that my commands are properly

executed"