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"But there was an artisan, once upon a time, who made a glass vial thatcouldn't be broken. On that account he was admitted to Caesar with hisgift; then he dashed it upon the floor, when Caesar handed it back tohim. The Emperor was greatly startled, but the artisan picked the vialup off the pavement, and it was dented, just like a brass bowl would havebeen! He took a little hammer out of his tunic and beat out the dentwithout any trouble. When he had done that, he thought he would soon bein Jupi...ter's heaven, and more especially when Caesar said to him, 'Isthere anyone else who knows how to make this malleable glass? Thinknow!' And when he denied that anyone else knew the secret, Caesarordered his head chopped off, because if this should get out, we wouldthink no more of gold than we would of dirt. " CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SECOND. "And when it comes to silver, I'm a connoisseur; I have goblets as big aswine-jars, a hundred of 'em more or less, with engraving that shows howCassandra killed her sons, and the dead boys are lying so naturally thatyou'd think 'em alive.
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