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When Mardocheus heard where I was going he begged me to take charge of a small box and a letter he wanted to send to a friend. "I shall be delighted to do you this small service." At dinner Leah sat down with me and chattered as usual, without troubling herself about my monosyllabic answers.
Mardocheus, who liked wine, laughed and said I was right, and drank for three. The weather continued bad, and I spent the rest of the day in writing, and after supper I retired and went to sleep. Suddenly I was aroused by a slight noise. "Who is there?" said I. I heard Leah's voice, whispering in reply, "'Tis I; I have not come to disturb you, but to justify myself."
Mardocheus, who could not make out what we meant, ate, drank, and laughed, and seemed pleased with everything. In the afternoon I went out to a cafe in spite of the dreadful weather. I thought over Leah and her designs, feeling certain that she would pay me another nocturnal visit and renew the assault in force.
Mardocheus, who liked wine, laughed and said I was right, and drank for three. The weather continued bad, and I spent the rest of the day in writing, and after supper I retired and went to sleep. Suddenly I was aroused by a slight noise. "Who is there?" said I. I heard Leah's voice, whispering in reply, "'Tis I; I have not come to disturb you, but to justify myself."
The worthy Mardocheus begged him to give me a hundred sequins in case I needed any money, adding that any politeness shewn to me would be as if shewn to himself. This behaviour on the part of Mardocheus filled me with gratitude, and reconciled me, so to speak, with the whole Jewish nation. I wrote him a letter of thanks, offering to serve him at Venice in any way I could.
The worthy Mardocheus begged him to give me a hundred sequins in case I needed any money, adding that any politeness shewn to me would be as if shewn to himself. This behaviour on the part of Mardocheus filled me with gratitude, and reconciled me, so to speak, with the whole Jewish nation. I wrote him a letter of thanks, offering to serve him at Venice in any way I could.
Three days later he handed me forty gold sequins, which was ample for my needs. My stay in Ancona was costing me dear; but when I told Mardocheus that I should not be going for another month he declared he would no longer feed at my expense. Of course I did not insist. Leah still dined with me.
'Malo scriptor delirus, inersque videri, Dum mea delectent mala me vel denique fallunt, Quam sapere. When I came back I found Mardocheus at supper with his numerous family, composed of eleven or twelve individuals, and including his mother an old woman of ninety, who looked very well.
Artaxerxes then wrote a letter to all the princes wherein he taxed Aman, the Macedonian, with having by manifold and cunning deceits sought the destruction of Mardocheus, who had saved the king's life, and also of the blameless Esther, partaker of his kingdom, with their whole nation. The king revoked the decree procured by Aman, who, with all his family, was hanged at the gates of Susa.
At dinner-time I talked only to Mardocheus, without glancing at Leah or paying any attention to the witty sallies she uttered to attract me. I only drank Orvieto. At dessert Leah filled my glass with Scopolo, saying that if I did not drink it neither would she. I replied, without looking at her, that I advised her only to drink water for the future, and that I wanted nothing at her hands.
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