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at the sacrifice of the other The worst part of the whole is that I ed, for my own security, to make known to the authorities
of Lucca who you are"
The servant regarded his ust and
aversion
"These are my conditions," said Simon "You will leave immediately for
Gerive you two
hundred crowns Procure a carriage and horse at the very first village,
and do not stop until you are in a place of safety To prevent any
detention on the way, I will give you a letter to Signor Mazzuchelli, a
banker at Cologne If on the journey you are asked why you have undertaken
it, say that you are on urgent business for your master, and if necessity
require it, show the letter; but once in Cologne, do not present the
letter to Mazzuchelli Two hundred crowns! that is a fortune, Julio With
that you can live luxuriously for two or three years And what difference
will it e of the country or not Money
understands and speaks all languages"[26] "And when the two hundred crowns are spent, ill become of me?" said
the servant