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 said to  the  other,  that  there  had  been  taken  within  the  city  an  unknown young  man  who  must  have  found  a  gold-hoard  of  their forefathers, and  so  brought  thither  very  old  money  which  had  been struck in  former  days,  and  made  use  of  in  the  times  of  the  elder Emperors;   and    then   there   was   gathered    a   wonderfully   great crowd, and  all  men  gazed  upon  him  alone,  where  he  stood  bound in their  midst,  and  vociferating  on  all  sides  every  man    said  to the  others,  "  This  is  some  foreign  man  of  some  other  country ;  we know  nothing  of  him,  and  none  of  us  ever  saw  him  before  with  our [lit. his]  eyes." And he,  Malchus,  heard  all  these  words,  and  ever was his  uneasiness  waxing,  and  he  ever  endeavoured  at  least  thus zealously to  please  the  people  with  his  humility,  that  they  might pity him  for  his   entire  humility;  because  he  knew  not,  neither could find  any  argument,  nor  knew  he  to  whom  he  should  speak  a word. Then every  man  separately  beheld  him,  and  no  man  could recognise him;   and  as  he  stood  there  sad  and  silent  in  the  great astonishment of  his  mind;  it  suddenly   occurred  to  his  thoughts that he  had  very  great  confidence  that  his  relatives  still  lived  in the  city,  and  his  illustrious  kindred  which  he  had  there  within  it were  very  well  known  by  name  to  all  the  people;  and  it  seemed  to  him  strange  that  he  was  certain  of  this,  that  he  thus  knew  every man in  the  evening  and  every  man  knew  him,  and  afterwards  in the  morning  he  knew  no  one,  nor  no  man  him. No third  thing besides he  supposed  concerning  himself,  save  that  it  was  as  if  he  were  out  of  his  mind;  and  he  then,  with  that  thought,  looked  on the  people  on  every  side,  earnestly  desiring  to  recognise  some  man, either brother  or  kinsman,  or  some  one  of  those  who  formerly  were known to  him  about  the  city. He was  not  at  all  the  better  for that which  he  eagerly  observed;  he  could  not  see  any  one  there