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The slight repast he had made, and the good deed he had performed

(for we are composed of body and soul), had equally tended to

refresh and invigorate him. If, to afford relief to these unhappy

persons, Providence had kept in reserve the last farthing of a

fugitive stranger, would he leave the wants of that stranger

unsupplied? He looked with renewed hope to the future; he

pictured to himself the return of abundant harvests, and in the

mean time he had his cousin Bartolo and his own industry to

depend on, and moreover he had left at home a small sum of money,

the fruit of his economy, which he could send for, if needed.

"Then," said he, "plenty will eventually return, and trade will

be profitable again; the Milanese workmen will be in demand, and

can set a high price on their labour; I shall have more than

enough to satisfy my wants, and can lay by money, and can furnish

my nice house, and then write to Agnes and Lucy to come-and

then-But why wait for this?