The Jews wandered about the rooms, appraising everything. Jericho was anxious to avoid a “public hubbub,” as he called a sale.
“‘I want,’ said he to the brokers, ‘at a thought, to melt all you see, and have seen, into ready money. Take counsel together, I say, and make me an offer, a lumping offer, for the whole—eh?’”
| “And there stood Jericho.” |
The man of money ascended to his garret and awaited the Jews’ offer, which was promised for the evening. He was alone, “evening closed in, and the moon rose and looked reproachfully at the miser.”
The garret door opened, and Plutus appeared.
“‘Well, has it come?’ cried the master.
“‘Here it is,’ answered the servant, as he laid a letter upon the table.
“‘Well, now for their conscience!’ exclaimed the man of money.”