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"Yes," I replied, "if you will tell me upon whom it is drawn, and provided that it does not exceed the value of the bank." After a rapid glance at the pile of gold before me, he said, "The bill is not for so large a sum as your bank, and it is payable at sight by Zappata, of Turin." I agreed, he cut, and put his money on an ace, the two friends going half shares.
I sent home the baron in my carriage, after thanking him for his services, and begging him to be my companion early and late while I stayed at Grenoble a re quest which he granted excepting for those days on which he was on duty. At supper I had given him my bill of exchange on Zappata, which I endorsed with the name de Seingalt, which Madame d'Urfe had given me. He discounted it for me next day.
We came back, and I was astonished to hear her telling her father that the phaeton was mine, and all he had to do was to put in the horses. The Jew grinned, and we all went upstairs, and Leah coolly said, "Count out the money." "I have not any money about me, but I will write you a cheque, if you like." "Here is paper." I wrote a cheque on Zappata for three hundred sequins, payable at sight.
"Yes," I replied, "if you will tell me upon whom it is drawn, and provided that it does not exceed the value of the bank." After a rapid glance at the pile of gold before me, he said, "The bill is not for so large a sum as your bank, and it is payable at sight by Zappata, of Turin." I agreed, he cut, and put his money on an ace, the two friends going half shares.
I sent home the baron in my carriage, after thanking him for his services, and begging him to be my companion early and late while I stayed at Grenoble a re quest which he granted excepting for those days on which he was on duty. At supper I had given him my bill of exchange on Zappata, which I endorsed with the name de Seingalt, which Madame d'Urfe had given me. He discounted it for me next day.
We came back, and I was astonished to hear her telling her father that the phaeton was mine, and all he had to do was to put in the horses. The Jew grinned, and we all went upstairs, and Leah coolly said, "Count out the money." "I have not any money about me, but I will write you a cheque, if you like." "Here is paper." I wrote a cheque on Zappata for three hundred sequins, payable at sight.
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