Then Jonah stepped up to him and thrust the coin into his hand.

Paasch, feeling something unaccustomed in his fingers, held it up to the light.

It was a sovereign, and he blinked in wonder at the coin then at the giver, convinced that it was a trick.

Then he recognized Jonah, and a look of passionate fear and anger convulsed his features.

He threw down the coin as if it had burnt him, crying: "No, I vill not take your cursed moneys.