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Book on Kindle   p. 90   ONCE on a time there was a good-looking
fisherman, young and intelligent. Every time that he went
through the court of a certain Boyard,--Mariola, the daughter of
this Boyard, would call him to her, purchase his fish, and give
him money to ten times its value. So much money did he gain in
this way, that he began to be indifferent to its possession and
yet each day Mariola would still be a customer.  On one of these
occasions, while she was handing him the money, she touched his
hand and gave it a squeeze; the fisherman grew as red as a beet-
root, and looked down, but regaining confidence, began to give
himself airs, and twirl his moustache.  Gradually they entered
into conversation, and she learned that he was unmarried, and
became altogether charmed with the replies she drew from him.
Although he was but a fisherman, she fell desperately in love
with him, and giving him a purse of gold, she bade him go and
buy clothing