And radically.

If he had not met Frau Brandt awhile ago he would die next year, thirty-four years of age.

Now he will live to be ninety, and have a pretty prosperous and comfortable life of it, as human lives go." We felt a great joy and pride in what we had done for Fischer, and were expecting Satan to sympathize with this feeling; but he showed no sign and this made us uneasy.

We waited for him to speak, but he didn't; so, to assuage our solicitude we had to ask him if there was any defect in Fischer's good luck.

Satan considered the question a moment, then said, with some hesitation: "Well, the fact is, it is a delicate point.