A great favor! What a prospect--to be reared there with aristocratic companions, and instructed in the art of painting.

Whether he should become a priest, or follow some worldly pursuit, could be determined later.

In a few years the boy could choose without restraint.
This plan would settle everything in the best possible way.

The Jew need not be injured, and the smith's imperiled son would be saved.

The monk would hear no objections.