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when in Germany, if she still lives, and if she be in want I will send her

money"

He took up twenty crowns, one by one, froarded them wistfully, and said, as he dropped thee sum; but it may make my blind old mother

happy I will put her portion by itself"

His eye again rested on the glittering coin The sight appeared to deject

hi "I believed ht the twentieth part has disappeared Will

it not go as fast in Ger deprive me of

the whole in a few hts! A

aspect; now, my mind is tortured

by fear and anxiety But why need I be troubled? When I have spent the two

hundred crowns, Signor Turchi will send me more But it is not well to

rely too much upon that; his head may fall under the axe of the

executioner In that case I would be as badly off myself The discovery

would drive

in luxury, I would infallibly fall into the lion's jaw, and the gallows or

the wheel would be my well-merited fate But if the murderer of Geronimo

be not discovered, I can return quietly, and my master would receive me

kindly for fear I would betray his secret That depends in a greatmyself of the task entrusted to ht of this gold no longer gives me

pleasure A full cup of wine first, and then to work bravely!"