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"The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin. He was a

Turkish merchant and had inhabited Paris for many years, when,

for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to

the government. He was seized and cast into prison the very day

that Safie arrived from Constantinople to join him. He was tried

and condemned to death. The injustice of his sentence was very

flagrant; all Paris was indignant; and it was judged that his

religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had

been the cause of his condemnation.