He pays the widow a pension: is not this the act of a clever man?
Since the day when that formidable fork glittered before his eyes, he has taken excessive precautions.

His horses are broken to gallop furiously through the streets, at considerable public risk.
Occasionally, his carriage knocks down and runs over a little boy or girl.

With characteristic magnanimity, he sends the parents fifty crowns.
Antonelli has been compared to Mazarin.

They have, in common, the fear of death, inordinate love of money, a strong family feeling, utter indifference to the people's welfare, contempt for mankind, and some other accidental points of resemblance.

They were born in the same mountains, or nearly so.