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The governor, full of his wonted courtesy, accompanied him to the yard, where all the prisoners were walking round two and two. Some of the more desperate men were fastened by a single handcuff to the wrist of another man a warder. Of this category was the brigand Mathias.
Nehushta, lead your lady to the cabin and strip her of these wet garments lest she take cold in this bitter wind. But first, Benoni, what is your mind?" "To go to my cousin Mathias, the high priest at Jerusalem," answered the old man, "who has promised to give me shelter if in these days any can be found." "Nay," broke in Nehushta, "sail for Egypt."
Father Mathias had taken every step to ascertain if her husband had been saved upon any of the islands which were under the Portuguese dominions, but could gain no information. Amine was soon weary of the convent; she was persecuted by the harangues of the old abbess, but more disgusted at the conduct and conversation of the nuns.
To the upper classes of society these passages in life, these diplomatic meetings and discussions are like the necessary cesspools where the filth of life is thrown. Full of pity for his client, Mathias cast a foreseeing eye into the future and saw nothing good. "We'll take the field with the same weapons," thought he, "and beat them."
"Yes," he said, "here we have it: `December 7th, 1568. Arrived from San Juan de Ulua, the ship San Mathias, Juan Pacheco, master, having on board seventeen Englishmen captured during an unprovoked attack upon the plate fleet lying in San Juan harbour, and " "That is a lie," broke in George. "The English ships were the attacked, not the attackers. But go on."
The mother had a secret desire that the boy should join the priesthood, but the father, as we have seen, hoped he would make a musical career, and determined, though poor in this world's goods, to aid him in every possible way. About this time a distant relative, one Johann Mathias Frankh by name, arrived at the Haydn cottage on a visit.
But, said Mathias, interrupting him, I know not of what you are speaking, and Paul was obliged to go over laboriously in words the story that he had dreamed in a few seconds. And when it was told Mathias said: your story is worth telling. After my lecture the brethren will be glad to listen to you.
Amine observed it, and smiled with scorn; and as she did so, almost unwittingly, she perceived that the eye of Father Mathias was earnestly fixed upon her. "The Papooses I have just left do no worse than worship their idols, and are termed idolaters," muttered Amine. "What then are these Christians?"
"The traitor, whoever he may be, let fall a letter that he was carrying to Mathias." "That's lucky. Well, did they discover any thing?" "No; it was written in cypher." "The cunning rascals!" "Now, I've got more news for you," Dick went on to say. "Out with it, then." "You have heard of the Arab who tells fortunes in the town?" "Mehemed Sadan, the great necromancer?" "Yes.
Among them are some splendid manuscripts from the library of Mathias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and a vast collection of choice Aldines bound in the costliest manner. No less than 1,200 volumes of the sixteenth century are here, amongst these several specimens of topography printed in Franche-Comte.
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