“ Mr. Aaron,” said Eugene, when they were left together in the street, “with many thanks for your company, it remains for me unwillingly to say farewell.”

“Sir,” returned the other, “I give you good night, and I wish that you were not so thoughtless.”

“ Mr. Aaron,” returned Eugene, “I give you good night, and I wish (for you are a little dull) that you were not so thoughtful.”

But now, that his part was played out for the evening, and when in turning his back upon the Jew he came off the stage, he was thoughtful himself. “How did Lightwood’s catechism run?” he murmured, as he stopped to light his cigar. “What is to come of it? What are you doing? Where are you going? We shall soon know now. Ah!” with a heavy sigh.