Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430. Various
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and a gentleman, apparently about fifty years old, alighted.
'Are these your nephews?' said he to the priest.
'They are more than that, señor; they are my children—the children of my adoption.'
'How is that?'
'I will tell you, señor; for I am old and poor, and know but little of the world, and am in much need of advice; for I know not what to do with these two children.' He related the story we have just told. 'And now, señor, what do you advise me to do?'
'Apply to one of the nobles of the court, who must assign you a pension of four thousand ducats.'
'I asked you for advice, señor, and not for jest.'
'And then, your church must be rebuilt. We will call it the Church of the Cup of Cold Water. Here is the plan. See, this is to be the vicarage; and here, divided by this paling'–
'What does this mean? What would you say? And, surely, I remember that voice, that face'–
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