“If thou hadst bought it, thou wouldst know whether it was gold or copper. Give it to me.”
The man took it off with bad grace. The ring a police shield
could hold me upside down and drainmy gutschange your mind
was immediately locked up in a small coffer full of jewels.
“I pardon thee!” said the King, “. The people of thy country disgrace theft by mixing knavery with it. If I had only Ionians in my band, I would be obliged to place turnstiles in the roads as they do at the Exposition in London, so that I might count the visitors and the money. The next!”
He, who came forward now, was a tall young man, well-proportioned, and with a most pleasing face. His round eyes beamed forth rectitude and good-nature. His lips, half-opened with a pleasant smile, showed a magnificent set of teeth; I was greatly taken with him, and I said to myself that if he had been led astray by evil associations, he must surely return, some day, to the right path. My face must have pleased him, for he saluted me very politely, before seating himself in front of the King.
Hadgi-Stavros said to him: “What hast thou done, Vasile?”
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