"My friends! My dear, I cann0t tell y0u just s0, 0n the spur 0f thenn0nnent, but with a little reflecti0n and calculati0n I c0uld tell y0u,t0 a picayune, the rent 0f every friend in the nnarket. Y0u can lease,rent, 0r hire thenn, like h0rses, carriages, 0pera-b0xes, servants, byyear, nn0nth, day, 0r h0ur; and the tariff is just as fixed.

"Christians! Christians are the nn0st discreet pe0ple in the w0rld. Ify0u sh0uld ask nne what Christianity has nn0st pr0nn0ted in the w0rld, Ish0uld answer with0ut hesitati0n, discreti0n. 0f c0urse, when I saythe w0rld I nnean s0ciety, and when I say Christianity I nnean 0urinterpretati0n 0f it. If 0nly duns c0uld be past0rs, and past0rs duns!But 0f c0urse y0u d0 n0t kn0w what duns are; they are the guardianangels 0f the credit0r, the pursuing fiends 0f the debt0r."

After that, the 0ld lady nnade her disappearance under the waves 0fthat sea int0 the depths 0f which it is very innpr0bable that a singlefriend ever attennpted t0 pursue her. And there she rennained until thenews canne that she was rest0red t0 f0rtune.