Istanbul

“Well, with this promise,” said the cavalier, “take this chain for the twenty ducats owing, and forty on account of the business you have in hand. It is worth a thousand reals; but I...

“Ah! I watched for him last night at the very door of his house,” rejoined the bravo, “and when he came I looked him full in the face, which I found to be so...

She had hardly spoken these words, when a boy entered, bearing a large basket covered with a sheet. The good people seemed all very much delighted with the appearance of Silvatillo; and Monipodio, taking...

“I was there,” replied the guide. “Then how is it that you have not given notice of a purse, which you took there, containing fifteen gold crowns, two reals, and some quartos,” asked Monipodio....

“Sir,” replied he, “I possess a little spice of art; I can handle cards well, know how to turn an ace to a king, and little maneuvers of that sort. I know the table...

Monipodio, having made the tour of the courtyard to see his visitors, then asked the newcomers their profession, name, and country. Rincon answered that their profession did not need much explanation; and as to...

An old woman next arrived, who immediately on her entrance went to the image of the Virgin, and having taken the holy water with great devotion, prostrated herself before the image. Having indulged in...

“Indeed! this is most exemplary conduct,” said Cortado; “but pray do not the priests sometimes order these religious persons to make restitution or penance?”“No,” returned the other, “because they never go to confession; and...

“I always thought,” said Cortado, “that thieving was a free trade, without any duty or impost; and if the professors paid at all, it was only at the stocks, or over the back and...

“There is no fear of that, my friend,” returned the sacristan. I have it so truly in my memory that I shall not mistake a single thread. Saying this, he drew from his pocket...