This time he fell on his knees, and, clasping his hands convulsively, uttered a prayer intelligible to God alone.

He soon became calmer and more happy, for only now did he begin to realize his felicity.

He then set himself to work to count his fortune.

There were a thousand ingots of gold, each weighing from two to three pounds; then he piled up twenty-five thousand crowns, each worth about eighty francs of our money, and bearing the effigies of Alexander VI.

and his predecessors; and he saw that the complement was not half empty.