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Brydone, Patrick; Beckford, William
A Tour Through Sicily And Malta: in a series of letters to William Beckford ; in 2 vol. (Band 1) — 1775

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A TOUR THROUGH

u il denaro," the money, the money—
but send your brother to-morrow, and you
shall have it. The haughty robber assured
him, that he disdained taking money of a
poor priest; adding, that if any of his
brothers had been low enough to make such
a demand, he himself was ready to advance
the sum. The priest then acaAuainted him
with the visit he had received the preceding
night from his brother, by his order; as-
suring him, that is he had been master of
the sum, he should immediately have sup-
plied it.—Well, says the robber, I will
now convince you whether my brother or
I are most to be believed; you shall go with
me to his houle, which is but a few miles
distant.—On their arrival before the door,
the robber called on his brother, who never
suspeding the discovery, immediately came
to the balcony; but on perceiving the priest,
he began to make excuses for his conduct
The robber told him, there was no excuse
to be made; that he only desired to know
the
 
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