pity. Those who did not know of the tell-tale spur were dis- 

 posed to accuse members of a band of gypsies who had en- 

 camped on the hills in the outskirts of the City, especially as 



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one of their number was known to have failed in his attempt 

 to sell to the master of the stables a splendid horse brought 

 from Hungary, and had been heard to threaten vengeance; 



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