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short.) No, no! softly, softly! I dare say it is only some sharping business they have got on hand, such as needy Gentlemen are sometimes forced to follow: if I have got my conscience newly cleared off at confession last week, and I am to make an offering next holy day to the shrine of our patron St. Bernard; this is no time, goodsooth, to lose such a sum upon scruples. (Exit.