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This document signed and sealed , Mr. Margari , with the greatest alacrity , produced the Latin exercises in question , first of all , however , respectfully kissing the hand of his patron . It took till midnight to read and translate all these documents one by one . Mr. Demetrius was very well satisfied with the result , that is to say so far as concerned the fidelity of the translation , -- with the tenor of the original text he had not the slightest reason to be pleased . When , shortly after midnight , these revelations were concluded , Mr. Demetrius commanded Margari to go up into his room and have a complete translation of all this Latin rigmarole written down in honest Hungarian by the morning and to encourage him in his task he gave him two guldens and an order on the butler for as much punch as he could drink . By the morning all the punch was drunk , but the translation also was finished , to the tune of bacchanalian songs which Margari kept up with great spirit all night long . * * * * * Next day , punctually at the appointed hour , the lawyer , Mr. Sipos , appeared at the house of the Lapussas , with the necessary documents neatly tied up with tape , under his arm as usual ; he was not like our modern lawyers who carry their masterpieces in portfolios as if they are ashamed of them . The only persons in the reception room besides the old man , were Madame Langai and Mr. John .