O Mary! my uncle has an eagle eye in business affairs; he will at once discover the deficit of ten thousand crowns--a deficit resulting from my lending money: a thing he has always warned me against, and which, even recently, he strictly forbade.

My uncle is a good father to me, but this act of disobedience is sufficient to deprive me forever of his favor.

I foresee many future evils." "Why were you so imprudent, Geronimo?
You ought to have refused so large a loan." "I could not possibly refuse, Mary." "But you hold an acknowledgment of the debt and a promise of payment.
Summon this merchant before the magistrates; at Antwerp justice is promptly and impartially dealt to all." "Impossible!" replied the young man, in a plaintive voice; "my debtor is a man to whom I owe many obligations; a complaint from me would be the cause of irreparable ruin to him.

Let us hope that he will succeed in procuring the ten thousand crowns.

He told me even this morning that he would endeavor to give me bills of exchange on Spain." "But of whom are you speaking ?" said Mary; "your language is so mysterious." "I will not tell his name.