His son, now an Hungarian nobleman, cut a fine figure at court and gallantly distinguished himself in the Turkish wars against his former compatriots, his exploits winning for him the estate of Hidvar and the title of baron.

His son again was a miser of the first water who could be enticed neither to court nor into the houses of his neighbours.

He was continually scraping money together and was not over particular in the choice of his scraper.

By adroit chicanery he acquired possession of the gold mines of Verespatak, which he exploited with immense advantage, and by means of money lending and mortgages got into his hands the vast estate of Hatszegi in the counties of Hunyad and Feher, so that when he died it took thirty heavy wagons to convey his ready money in gold and silver alone from the Vadormi caverns, where he had concealed it to the castle of Hidvar, which his only son, Leonard, chose as his residence after his father's death.

All these details were certified by unimpeachable documents in schedules B.C.and D.
[Footnote 2: The chief of the financial department in the Turkish vilagets.] Moreover, the blood of many nationalities circulated in the veins of Baron Leonard.