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Chapter 40

           "WEareboundtoprayforthem,myfriend,notwithstandingthefaircharacterthoudostaffordthem."

           "Prayforthemwithallmyheart,"saidWamba;"butinthetown,notinthegreenwood,liketheAbbotofSaintBees,whomtheycausedtosaymasswithanoldhollowoak-treeforhisstall."

           "Sayasthoulist,Wamba,"repliedtheKnight,"theseyeomendidthymasterCedricyeomanlyserviceatTorquilstone."

           "Ay,truly,"answeredWamba;"butthatwasinthefashionoftheirtradewithHeaven."

           "Theirtrade,Wamba!howmeanyoubythat?"repliedhiscompanion.

           "Marry,thus,"saidtheJester."TheymakeupabalancedaccountwithHeaven,asouroldcellarerusedtocallhisciphering,asfairasIsaactheJewkeepswithhisdebtors,and,likehim,giveoutaverylittle,andtakelargecreditfordoingso;reckoning,doubtless,ontheirownbehalftheseven-foldusurywhichtheblessedtexthathpromisedtocharitableloans."

           "Givemeanexampleofyourmeaning,Wamba,Iknownothingofciphersorratesofusage,"answeredtheKnight.

           "Why,"saidWamba,"anyourvalourbesodull,youwillpleasetolearnthatthosehonestfellowsbalanceagooddeedwithonenotquitesolaudable;asacrowngiventoabeggingfriarwithanhundredbyzantstakenfromafatabbot,orawenchkissedinthegreenwoodwiththereliefofapoorwidow."

           "Whichofthesewasthegooddeed,whichwasthefelony?"interruptedtheKnight.

           "Agoodgibe!agoodgibe!"saidWamba;"keepingwittycompanysharpeneththeapprehension.

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