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Then they paid their reckoning and went away as vexed as they had
been merry on their arrival, when they fancied they had tricked the
apothecary's varlet. (5)
5 In MS. 1520, this tale ends in the following manner:--
"They were no sooner in the street than they perceived the
apothecary's man going about and making inquiry of every one
whether they had not seen a loaf of sugar wrapped in paper.
They [the advocate and his companion] sought to avoid him,
but he called aloud to the advocate, 'If you have my loaf of
sugar, sir, I beg that you will give it back to me, for 'tis
a double sin to rob a poor servant.' His shouts brought to
the spot many people curious to witness the dispute, and the
true circumstances of the case were so well proven, that the
apothecary's man was as glad to have been robbed as the
others were vexed at having committed such a nasty theft.
However, they comforted themselves with the hope that they
might some day give him tit for tat."--Ed.
"Often, ladies, do we see the like befall those who delight in using
such cunning. If the gentleman had not sought to eat at another's
expense, he would not have drunk so vile a beverage at his own.
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