Volume III Part 41 (1/2)
”My revenge must be with crossed swords,” said he ”However, I will let you finish your business”
”You will do wisely”
Piccolory eye upon my hundred louis, proposed ian to deal
Prudence would have restrainedin such company, but the dictates of prudence were overcoiven Talvis, so I cut in I had a run of bad luck and lost a hundred ducats, but, as usual, ain what I had lost, so I stayed to supper, and afterwards, with better luck, won back my money I was content to stop at this, and to let the o, so I asked Piccoloe on an A At first Iit, on the pretext that it would be difficult to negotiate, but he proive in
Ito lend Talvis a hundred Louis, which he wanted to borrow of e I owed him He was in a bad humour, both on this account and because he had lost the hundred Louis I had paid hie, which I treated with conte ain
The nexton Piccoloe cashed, but on erboos, Therese's friend, whose acquaintance the reader has alreadyabout Therese, as now in London and doing well, I skewed hi him the circumstances under which I had it He looked at it closely, and said,
”It's a forgery, and the original from which it was copied was honoured yesterday”
He saw that I could scarcely believe it, and told me to come with him to be convinced of the truth of what he said
He took enuine bill, which he had cashed the day before for an individual as unknown to hierboos to coht cash it without remark, and that otherwise he would witness what happened
We arrived at the count's and were politely received, the count asking ive him the bill and he would send it to the bank to be cashed, but Rigerboos broke in by saying that it would be dishonoured, as it was abefore
Piccoloh he could not believe it, he would look into the matter”
”You may look into it when you please,” said I, ”but in theme five hundred florins”
”You know uarantee to pay you, and that ought to be enough”
”No doubt it would be enough, if I chose; but I want an to take her part in the dispute, and on the arrival of the count's erboos took hold of me by the arm and drew me forcibly away ”Follow me,” said he, ere outside, ”and letman, who turned out to be the lieutenant of police, and after he had heard the case he told oing to dine I told hi that would do he went off I thanked Rigerboos, and went to Esther, who reproachedbefore That flattered irl
”I must take care,” said I, ”not to see you every day, for your eyes have a sway over er”
”I shall believe as ht of any way of convincing me?”
”What do you want to be convinced about?”
”If it be true that there is in your cabala an intelligence distinct fro it to ht; I will think it over”
At that e, and we sat dawn to dinner
We were at dessert when a police official brought ave hione I toldbefore and in thesuch bad company to her ”By way of punishment,” said she, ”I hope you will co to give a Dutch play, of which you will not understand a word”