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;«^ Well , and why should I &ot ha # e / seen tfaei »?\ answered the JWJ ^ wWl o i \ A * i fuv ' . <<\\\\ u , « ni / i T r : d-u / - " < > mm ; -- -: ! 1 ' •? . Mr . Tusraann understood ^ 0 iftheiriiieanii ^ ^ f » iWse > H * arvellous w 5 qr 4 & ^ ncJ ^^ WJwSurqe ^ the old man ^ saidin 9 t fguurabbling yoiee t ^ the j ^ viellerrn i : fl ki
/ Jf # ^ fosgjefc , the finest sights . B ^ H saw those * times , you admire so . much . You don ' t speak of those days whea the fagots blazing in the market-place were quenched with the blood of victims to superstition . '; ;' Ah / said the private secretary , ' doubtless , you refer to those executions of sorcerers which took place in old times . Yes , yes .,
it was certainly lamentable , but our new lights have put an end to all that , ' The jeweller regarded Mr . Tusmann and the old man with a singular look ; , and asked them ,, smiling mysteriously ., ' Do you know t ^ e hi s tory of Leopold , the Jew silversmith , as it happened inft > he . year one thousand five hundred and seventy-two ?' Before Mr . Tusmann could answer , the jeweller continued : — Vj ^ oppl $ , the , Jewish silversmith , who possessed the confidence of
the elector , and managed the finances of the country * was accused of sopi £ great rogueries . A guard of the citizens was sent to his house in Stralau-street . Now , it happened that the Jew Leopold had fallen out with his wife , and she said , in her anger , " If our gracious prince , the elector , knew what a wretch thou art , and what . tricks tlhoi ^ playest with thy book of enchantments , thy body woifld aqon b $ colcVVBut his body was soon hot , for they . tortured hinij qrst , to ; make him confess his guilt , and then burned him in
the UTiarket-piace , A great black rat came out from under the fagots , , wh $ n they were lighted , and many good folks thought tn ^ . fat was , thed ^ mon who had bought Leopold . ' Whilst the jeweller spoke , the old man leaned his arms upon the ^ ble ^ a ^ d ^ hifling his face in his hands , groaned deeply . i ^ jujt , ^ uftip rivate secretary did not give very great attention to tli ^ historyj ai ^ 4 when the narrator ceased speaking , he said to him .
* T £ ll me , worthy professor , was it the real Miss Albertine Vosswinkel who looked out of the ruined window of the old townhouse ?? , / bir , p ^ jd tpe jeweller , regarding him savagely , what have you to do with Miss Albertine Vosswinkel V ; BJ < fss my heart and spul , ' replied Mr . Tusmann , quite intimidated , f 3 he is the young lady I have undertaken to love and
marry . ' Sir / exclaimed the jeweller , with inflam ^ d brow and sparkling ey ^ r ,, * ^) . ^ X 9 j ¥ ^ ( either completely a jackass , or else possessed by the devil ! you mean to marry the young and charming Miss A $ ? X ?^ ^ ^ ' ^^ pi ^^ d , miserable pedant ! you , who , with ^ 11 your bookish , l ^ arrvuigV mXh *\ l your politic wisdom
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/40/
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