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From that moment the search began to fall off , and by evening it was entirely discontinued . Upon appearance of the placards the second day , Demedes was again equal to the emergency . He collected his brethren in the Temple , organized them into parties , and sent them everywhere -- to Galata , to the towns along the Bosphorus , down the western shore of the Marmora , over to the Islands , and up to the forest of Belgrade -- to every place , in short , except the right one . And this conduct , apparently sincere , certainly energetic , bore its expected fruit ; by noon he was the hero of the occasion , the admiration of the city . When very early in the second day the disinclination of the people to renew the search was reported to the Prince of India , he looked incredulous , and broke out : `` What ! Not for ten thousand bezants ! -- more gold than they have had in their treasury at one time in ten years !