learned man, for his father had sent him to college, and he had passed

his examination. His father had been at first only a cattle dealer,

but always honest and industrious, so that he had made money, and

his son, the merchant, had managed to increase his store. Clever as he

was, he had also a heart; but there was less said of his heart than of

his money. All descriptions of people visited at the merchant's house,

well born, as well as intellectual, and some who possessed neither

Now it was a children's party, and there was children's prattle,