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exposed tb public yi « w tomorrow morning m E&change-atreet , a few steps from the bank . 1
? The devil Iexclaimed the councillor , ( but he dare not do it ; I will call in the police /
* Fifty people will have seen the picture before then , and the news will be all over the city in a thousand different shapes . You will be covered with ridicule ; they will speak of your loss from the bankruptcy of the English firm , and your credit will suffer . ' ' I will have the portrait back to-morrow morning—to night . ' * I should think he would not let you have it , as you never paid anything for it , and sent it back of your own accord . But , even if he does , he has had time to get it lithographed , and he can send
it all over the world in no time . ' O dear me / said the councillor , * will you have the goodness to seek this young man , and offer him fifty— -offer him a hundred
crowns , not to execute this horrible plan . ' The goldsmith began to laugh . — ' You don ' t know , then , ' said he , ' that Lehsien has no want of money . Why , his great aunt allows him a very handsome income , and he will certainly inherit all her fortune . ' ' What ' s that you say ? Now listen , Leonard , I do really believe
that my Albertine is very much attached to this young chap ; and I am very soft-hearted , and cannot see her miserable ; indeed , I like the young man very much . He is an excellent painter , and has certainly many good qualities . Do you know , Leonard , I am very much inclined to let them come together . '
' Hem ! you must allow me to tell you something rather pleasant / said the goldsmith . * Just before I came here I was in the botanical garden . Close b y the great basin , I found your friend , your old sohoolfellow , Mr . Tusmann , who , on account of the scorn of Miss Albertine , was just getting ready to throw himself into the water . I turned him from his dreadful design , by persuading him that you would certainly keep your word . Now , if you give Albertine to Edmund , the secretary will drown himself , that is
quite certain . Well , the suicide will cause a great sensation , and everybody wfll accuse you of being the murderer of poor Mr . Tusmann . You will be universally cut . Again , the private secretary is much valued ; he is very industrious and exact in all his official
duties , and if the government judge that your want of good faith caused his death , be assured that you never will be Aulic councillor . They will , indeed , most likely , take from you your present title , then your credit will be shaken , your property will dwindle away , things will go from bad to worse , everybody will pass you in the streets with their hats immovable on their heads , and you will fall into utter poverty and misery . * * Oh , stop ! ' cried the councillor , * I am on 1 he rack 1 who would imagine that Mr . Tusmann , at his age , could be guilty of suctt condtfct ? Bat you are right , whatever happens I must keep
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 254, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/30/
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