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Yet the mystery is not very deep neither. The Baron here is heir to Baron Hartman, and Kranzberg again is next heir after him, the lands being strictly so destined; and an outlaw, thou knowest, is a dead man as to all inheritance.

Why, there's some sense in that. And by my faith! if Van Maurice has murdered Hartman to transfer his large estate to Kranzberg, he has sold himself to the devil for a ducat.

Yes; hell will have a good bargain of it every way, for the revenues of the land will be as much spent for its interest in the possession of Kranzberg, as if given in fee simple to Beelzebub.

Nay, nay; he lives in good repute,—thou art uncharitable.

Come, friends; let us return to our homes; to-morrow, at mid-day, we meet here again. [Exeunt.