Father Peter found eleven hundred and seven ducats--I exactly the same.
This closed his evidence, and certainly it made a strong impression on the house; one could see that.
Wilhelm Meidling asked him some questions, then called us boys, and we told our tale.

It made the people laugh, and we were ashamed.

We were feeling pretty badly, anyhow, because Wilhelm was hopeless, and showed it.

He was doing as well as he could, poor young fellow, but nothing was in his favor, and such sympathy as there was was now plainly not with his client.

It might be difficult for court and people to believe the astrologer's story, considering his character, but it was almost impossible to believe Father Peter's.