Anastasius, Or, Memoirs of a Greek; Written At the Close of the 18th Century .. 3
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This rather serious consideration now rendered them anxious to be gone, and with good wishes to me and significant glances at each other, they sped away. I myself was not sorry to find a secluded nook, safe from intrusion, in which to take the first in- ventory of my new riches. When I opened them out, and viewed in its full blaze the treasure I possessed, I fell upon my knees, and devoutly thanked Providence for having made the merchant 238 ANASTASIUS. to whom I owed it a wag, and for inspirin...g him with a witticism, which, without being particularly good in itself, was nevertheless a most happy one for his despoiler, whom it enabled to keep the pro- perty acquired, with a safe conscience. This act of devout gratitude performed, I neatly inserted my baubles between the folds of my belt and the plaits of my turban, and, thus safe from the danger of exciting envy, went back to our party, trailing after me — with great apparent exertion — an enormous bundle of very ordinary goods, fully resigned to the raillery which I met with from the Arabs, for bring- ing home, among so much valuable plunder, so contemptible a capture.
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