No, Schmeie, you won't get your two florins." "And you will not take louis-d'or in exchange for Vienna notes ?" "I will not." "Adieu!" said Tinkeles; "and now, when we meet again, we are good friends." He lifted the latch.

"If you want to know the name of the man who can make Von Rothsattel as small as the grass in the streets which every one treads upon, inquire for Hirsch Ehrenthal's book-keeper, of the name of Itzig.

Veitel Itzig is the name." With these words he made his exit so rapidly that, although Anton tried, he could not overtake him.
He determined at once to inform the baron's son of what he had heard, though he feared that it would occasion his tender nature great distress.

"But it must be done this very evening," thought he.

"I will go early, or remain till the others have left." Fate, however, did not favor this intention.