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shrugging

his

shoulders.

“Why, do

you mean

to say you

couldn’t

have done

it, if you

had

chosen?”

demanded

Monks,

sternly.

“Haven’t

you done

it, with

other

boys,

scores of

times? If

you had

had

patience

for a

twelvemonth,

at most,

couldn’t

you have

got him

convicted,

and sent

safely out

of the

kingdom;

perhaps

for life?”

“Whose

turn would

that have

served, my

dear?”

inquired

the Jew

humbly.

“Mine,”

replied

Monks.

“But not

mine,”