The Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 23: English by Giacomo Casanova
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"It's very possible." "What would you advise my doing to clear the matter up?" "I would send them to the bank." "And if they should be forgeries?" "I would have patience, or I would arrest the rascals." The next day I went to the bank myself, and the person to whom I gave the notes gave me them back, saying, coldly,-- "These notes are bad, sir." "Be kind enough to examine them closely." "It's no good, they are evident forgeries. Return them to the person from whom you got them, and he will be only too glad to cash them." I was perfectly aware that I could put the two knaves under lock and key, but I did not want to do so. I went to Lord Pembroke to find out their address, but he was still in bed, and one of his servants took me to them. They were surprised to see me. I told them coolly enough that the four notes were forged, and that I should feel much obliged if they would give me forty guineas and take their notes back. "I haven't got any money," said Castelbajac, "and what you say astonishes me very much. I can only return them to the persons who gave them to me, |
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