33/40 He joined the robbers, and O.K.'d all their demands even up to a thousand per cent. If they robbed me of ten francs, his share was three. One bill of fifteen hundred francs I paid, netted him five hundred francs. All this, of course, I learned afterward. But the _Miele_ was old, the repairs had to be made, and I was charged, not three prices, but seven prices. |