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ray w + rd with him , ofcheowe I * r » at ruined m& * v . Y ^ , I ^ r ^ solved my good old schoolfellow shall marry AibertirW < You quite forget / continued the goldsmith , - ' old Man 3 £$ eh . If you neglect the advances of his nephew , he will be a terrible
thorn m your sidei Me will thwart you in all your apseuwiqne , and spare no pains to annoy you , and hurt your credit . To whichever of the three aspirants you grant your daughter ' s hand , yot * will fall equally into trouble , and that is the reason why I addressed you as a very unfortunate and much to be pitied
man . The councillor began to stride about the room , muttering—6
I am lost , I am ruined ! who would ever have a daughter ? I wish the painter , the Jew , and my old schoolfellow were all at the devil together . ' There is one method by which you may disentangle yourself *
said ' the goldsmith . f What is it ? ' asked the councillor , stopping short , I will
consent to almost anything / ' Have you been to the theatre to see " The Merchant of
Venice ? " ' c What ! that play in which a cruel Jew , named Shy lock , 18 dying to have a pound of the merchant ' s flesh . Yes , I did see
it , but what of it ?' ' Well , I dare say you recollect that there is also in that play a young lady named Portia , whose father left a very strange will . Her lovers are obliged to choose one of three caskets , and he who chooses the casket which contains Portia ' s portrait obtains her hand . Now you , living , must imitate Portia ' s dead papa , and oblige Albertine ' s three lovers so to decide their pretensions /
* What a cuTsed foolish proposition ! ' said the councillor ; can you for an instant imagine , that I shall be less exposed to the revenge of the two unlucky ones V ' I promise you , councillor , to arrange matters so that everybody shall be contented . '
' May I trust to you ? * Certainly you may / The councillor hesitated no longer , and it was settled that Leonard ' s project should be put into execution on the following Sunday .
Chapter VI . It may easily be imagined , that Alhertine was quite in despair when her papa acquainted her with the strange way in which she was to be disposed of in marriage . Above all » he fretted at the conduct of tUlmund , which was quite inexplicable , at * she had never seen or heard from him since that never to be forgotten morning . On the Saturday before the fatal day , Albertine Bat alone in hex
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1835, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2644/page/31/
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