The worst part of the whole is that I might feel myself obliged, for my own security, to make known to the authorities of Lucca who you are." The servant regarded his master with an expression of disgust and aversion.
"These are my conditions," said Simon.

"You will leave immediately for Germany, and reach the Rhine as soon as possible.

I will give you two hundred crowns.

Procure a carriage and horse at the very first village, and do not stop until you are in a place of safety.

To prevent any detention on the way, I will give you a letter to Signor Mazzuchelli, a banker at Cologne.