Margari

"Margari," cried he, "go to the carriage, look for my fiddle and bring it hither!"

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

They could accuse him now of having instigated Margari to make a bolt of it.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

Margari, however, began whimpering like a schoolboy, the more the other tried to quiet him, the more loudly he bellowed.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

Horrified at his own outburst of rage, the moment he saw Margari disappear in the vine-arbours, he rushed after him, freed him with his own hands, picked him up, set him on his legs again and began to comfort him.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

At the words "200 florins," Margari stopped roaring a bit, but he wanted to see the colour of the money, for he thought to himself that if he quieted down first he would get nothing at all.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

Margari accomplished the task with tolerable dexterity.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

Margari was so frightened that he bawled out: "No, I am not!"

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

When, shortly after midnight, these revelations were concluded, Mr. Demetrius commanded Margari to go up into his room and have a complete translation of all this Latin rigmarole written down in honest Hungarian by the morning and to encourage him in his task he gave him two guldens and an order on the butler for as much punch as he could drink.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

Yes, "he continued, seizing the astounded Margari by the cravat," you are a refined scoundrel.

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

You will do this for my sake, dear Margari, will you not?

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