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Chapter 10

           TheJew’shandtrembledforjoyashewrappedupthefirstseventypiecesofgold.Thelasttenhetoldoverwithmuchdeliberation,pausing,andsayingsomethingashetookeachpiecefromthetable,anddroptitintohispurse.Itseemedasifhisavaricewerestrugglingwithhisbetternature,andcompellinghimtopouchzecchinafterzecchinwhilehisgenerosityurgedhimtorestoresomepartatleasttohisbenefactor,orasadonationtohisagent.Hiswholespeechrannearlythus:

           "Seventy-one—seventy-two;thymasterisagoodyouth—seventy-three,anexcellentyouth—seventy-four—thatpiecehathbeencliptwithinthering—seventy-five—andthatlookethlightofweight—seventy-six—whenthymasterwantsmoney,lethimcometoIsaacofYork—seventy-seven—thatis,withreasonablesecurity."Herehemadeaconsiderablepause,andGurthhadgoodhopethatthelastthreepiecesmightescapethefateoftheircomrades;buttheenumerationproceeded.—"Seventy-eight—thouartagoodfellow—seventy-nine—anddeservestsomethingforthyself—"

           HeretheJewpausedagain,andlookedatthelastzecchin,intending,doubtless,tobestowituponGurth.Heweighedituponthetipofhisfinger,andmadeitringbydroppingituponthetable.Haditrungtooflat,orhaditfeltahair’sbreadthtoolight,generosityhadcarriedtheday;but,unhappilyforGurth,thechimewasfullandtrue,thezecchinplump,newlycoined,andagrainaboveweight.

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