"They are altogether obsolete and unworthy of your notice," said Bar Hhasdai, "but I have a little treatise on Chess, which really is a curiosity in its way; and also a treatise on Aristotle's Ethics, by Rabbi Joseph ben Caspi, of Barcelona, which is at your service."
"Let me have them both," said the Cardinal, "and in return I beg you to accept this ruby of small value."
"This is a rare gem!" said the physician, with delight, "and cut with Hebrew characters. May I really have it?"
"Certainly. And pray tell me before you go, do you think the Moorish girl will recover?"
"I have some hope of it."
"Could not you, as you have a key to her confidence, which we have not, ascertain whether she is really faithful to the Duchess?"
"There can be no question of her fidelity. She has spoken of her mistress with gratitude."
"That is well. Farewell, then."