"Ah!"
"Can you substantiate what you are about to say?"
"I can swear to it, if it is necessary. I waited here only that I might
be able to explain everything to my employer, after he should awake."
"You are a fine fellow, now tell me what evil being has entered the
woods, and committed this depredation?"
"If you wish to have a full account of the matter, you should tender
full payment," said the butler, who considered this play of words
exceedingly apt and forcible.
"Yes, yes, I will not be ungenerous," replied Mr. Fabian taking a
bank-note from his pocket.
"Carl,--the fool of the valley--purloined the hares and partridges."
"What! that cur!--the son of old Lonner!"
"The same."
"Are you certain?"
"Yes, as certain as I am that I live."
"Good," said Mr. Fabian, and he repeated the same word several times,
each time appearing better satisfied, and certainly the thoughts that
occupied his mind must have afforded him great pleasure, for he not only
forgot the trouble that awaited his return home, but also the question,
which in truth should have been the first one--why the Butler had not
stopped the thief and rescued the booty.
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