Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 521
cried. Then, turn-ing to the merchant, he said : What thou wilt 1036 THE JUDGMENT OF THE CADI. [Oct. pardon and what thou wilt not pardon is notfor thee to say. This matter hath gone beyondthee. If the boy is honest he is entitled to thereward; if he be, as you say, a thief, as athief he must be… … MY emerald! my emerald! what hast thou done with it, thief—beggar ? he had returned it unopened to Ebn-Aziz. Themerchant insisted that, besides the gold, thepurse had contained an emerald of great value. What wast thou bidden to cry ? said theCadi, addressing the Crier. A purse containing two…
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