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And he rejoiced inwardly at the trick he was playing his brother and sister. He returned home as fast as horses could take him, and did not even stop at his own house, but went straight on to Sztolarik's and informed him he would like to buy "Lebanon." This was the name they had given to the orchard and house old Gregorics had bought of the clergyman's widow.
After the funeral, there was a general gathering of all the family at Sztolarik's in order to hear the will read. Well, it was a rather strange one on the whole. The old gentleman had left 2000 florins to the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 2000 florins to each of the ladies at whose houses he had visited years before, and to those who had refused to marry him.
Another purchaser has turned up, and he offers 20,000 florins for 'Lebanon." This was evidently a great blow for Gáspár. "Impossible," he stammered. "Is it Boldizsár?" "Yes." Gáspár was furious; he began to swear like a trooper, and waved his stick about, thereby knocking down one of Mrs. Sztolarik's flower-pots, in which a rare specimen of hyacinth was just blossoming. "The wretch!" he hissed.
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