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Isaachar ben Solomon vainly endeavored to reply; fear choked his utterance; and he sank trembling and faint upon a low ottoman, where he sat, the picture of dumb despair.
At length the latter stopped short hesitated for a few moments, as if wrestling with some idea or scheme that had taken possession of his mind; then turning abruptly toward the Jew, he said in a deep, hollow tone "Isaachar, I need gold!" "Gold gold, my lord!" ejaculated the Jew, all his fears returning; "surely surely, my lord, her ladyship will supply you with "
"In this case a lady is concerned, good Isaachar," responded the bandit, calmly; "and you know that with all true cavaliers the ladies are pre-eminent. Once more, a fair night's repose, my much respected friend."
"Now, signor," said the lieutenant, turning to the citizen in the plain sober garb, "as you are the diamond merchant of whom his lordship the count originally purchased the precious stones which have been traced to the possession of Isaachar, it is for you to declare whether those be the true diamonds or not."
Giulia cannot assist me her jewels are gone, they are pledged to the Jew Isaachar she was telling me so when the count broke in upon us. What course can I adopt? what plan pursue? Shall the name of Orsini be dishonored that proud name which for three centuries has been maintained spotless? No, no this must not be!"
Moreover," continued Isaachar, still speaking in a rapid, excited tone "moreover, Stephano was hired by the countess to regain them from me!" "Liar!" thundered the marquis, again rushing toward the defenseless old man. "Patience, my lord patience for an instant and you will see that I am no utterer of base falsehoods.
In the infatuation of her strong, unconquerable, but not less guilty love for the handsome spendthrift Orsini, she had pledged her diamonds to Isaachar ben Solomon for an enormous sum of money, every ducat of which had passed without an hour's delay into the possession of the young marquis.
The dark hints which Manuel d'Orsini had dropped relative to the possibility of the count's discovering the affair of the diamonds, and the certain vengeance that would ensue, flashed to the mind of Isaachar ben Solomon; and he stood, as it were, paralyzed at the window, gazing with the vacancy of despair upon the armed men, on whose steel morions and pikes the morning sunbeams now fell in radiant glory.
"Isaachar speaks naught save the pure truth," remarked Orsini, blushing at the justice which dictated these reproaches against the aristocracy whereof he was a member. "Signor Verrina," he continued, "you are a brave man and I believe you to be a generous one. Confirm this opinion on my part, by refraining from further molestation toward the Jew, and thou wilt doubly render me thy debtor."
Thus speaking, the lieutenant produced from beneath his cloak a heavy bag of gold; and Isaachar, now considerably relieved of his apprehensions, led the way into the apartment where he had received the Marquis of Orsini and Stephano de Verrina during the past night. "Hast thou heard my message, Israelite?" demanded the lieutenant. "Yes, yes; and his lordship is a worthy man an estimable man.
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