Now this way! Directly behind the city-hall lies the Zucker Canal.

There live stiff-necked people, who dine off of silver every day.

Notice the street!" Then he led him back to the square, and continued "The streets here all lead to the quay.

Do you know it?
Have you seen the warehouses?
Filled to the very roof! The malmsey, dry canary and Indian allspice, might transform the Scheldt and Baltic Sea into a huge vat of hippocras." Ulrich followed his guide from street to street.

Wherever he looked, he saw vast wealth in barns and magazines; in houses, palaces and churches.
Hans Eitelfritz stopped before a jeweller's shop, saying: "Look here! I particularly admire these things, these toys: the little dog, the sled, the lady with the hoopskirt, all these things are pure silver.