My greatest difficulty is yet to come.

If I get through it successfully, I may well say that I was born under a lucky star.

But I cannot tarry, I have still a long distance to walk." He quickened his pace and soon reached the street on which the Dominican Convent stood; he passed the Abbey of Saint Michael and the Mint, and entered the grand square without being molested.
On the way he kept his hand in his pocket, that he might enjoy the pleasure of passing the gold coin through his fingers.

He muttered to himself that he had gained three gold crowns which his master would never see again, were he to live a hundred years.

Once free from his present care and anxiety, he would take his seat at a gaming-table, where he would remain all day, and perhaps he could win heaps of gold.
Absorbed in these thoughts, he reached Geronimo's residence and knocked at the door.