Note 106 — LETTER XXV.

The intention of this law was noble and liberal, though it cut the knot rather roughly. But how has it been executed? A book might be written, ought to be written, on this subject. The execution of this business is precisely in the style of a certain Herr von Wanze, who, in the disguise of a farmer, taught the opulent peasant Pharao at Kirmesse.{*}

“You put down your money,” said he, “and I deal the cards right and left. What falls to the left I win; what falls to the right you lose.”—Editor.