75 fr.
For the same, paid a milkman's bill.

3 fr.

85 c." Those quotations show what an extensive range the operations of the Jew Medici covered.

It may be added, that although some articles of his commerce were decidedly illicit, he had never got himself into any trouble.
The Jew comprehended, on his entrance, that he had come at a favorable time.

In fact, the four friends were at that moment in council, under the auspices of a ferocious appetite, discussing the grave question of meat and drink.