Baroness Orczy

Name: A Son of the People — Chapter 4
Author: Baroness Orczy

A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

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“A Son of the People — Chapter 4”, published in 1913, is a work by Baroness Orczy. It explores elements such as Bideskúty, Rosenstein and Jew.

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ Bideskúty had become purple with rage.
“You confounded dog, and is not the word of a Hungarian nobleman enough? What can your greasy bits of paper compel me to do, if my own word of honour does not bind me to it?”
“You see, my lord,” said the Jew, with the requisite amount of softness that turneth away wrath, “it is not for myself. My friends will require some guarantee from me. They are not used to dealing with honourable lords like yourself.” ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ The noble lord gave the signal, and the Jew was released from his bonds; trembling with rage, he tried to make his way out of the kitchen, through the laughing groups of pretty maids, who, with mock gravity, dropped him ironical curtsies, to speed the parting guest.
Bideskúty evidently thought that the Jew had paid sufficiently for his outrageous demands, for Rosenstein was spared the promised beating; one or two cracks across his lean shanks, from the long whips of the young herdsmen, was all he had to endure. ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ CHAPTER IV THE MONEYLENDER “Rosenstein, the Jew, is downstairs, my lord,” announced Jankó, Bideskúty’s valet, respectfully opening the door; “he says your lordship has bid him come this morning.”
Countess Irma made no comment; before a servant, even the most trusted, she never gainsaid or argued with the head of the house, but invariably set the example herself of complete respect and deference. Nothing could be gained now, by commenting on the arrival of Rosenstein, whose shuffling steps she could already hear in the passage. ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ You low dog, villainous usurer ...”
“Of which I shall only get one ox and one calf for myself, my lord; and how is a poor man to live? My friends will not let me have the money without they have ninety-eight head of cattle, and the wheat, not to speak of the five hundred head of sheep, and the eight hundred poultry, of which they will only allow me twenty-five for myself for arranging this very difficult matter for them.”
“You infernal scoundrel, if you do not hold your tongue I will call Jankó in to give you such a beating as you never had in your life. ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ I will redeem it, and all my lands, as soon as my mill is at work, and my flour becomes famed throughout the country.”
“Your lordship speaks words of wisdom,” said the wily Jew, throwing surreptitiously a sarcastic glance at Bideskúty, “the steam-mill is a grand speculation, for it will lessen labour, and therefore improve the condition of your peasantry. That is the reason why my friends are not averse to letting me have the money, which I am most desirous of lending to your lordship, for so noble a purpose, on the not very good security of Zárda.” ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ A wide, circular stone stair led from the lower to the vast upper hall, which occupied a large portion of the main wing, and was par excellence the great dining-hall, where two hundred guests could dine without being crowded, at the two huge horse-shoe tables that stood on the tiled floor. ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ I am a poor man myself, and, after I have paid them, but little will remain for me on which to live: fortunately I have simple tastes, and one hundred measures of wheat, out of the fifty thousand, they will require a year, will be quite enough for me.”
“Fifty thousand measures of wheat? You scoundrel! you ...”
“It is not I, noble lord, I protest, it is my friends: they say the price of wheat will be lower than ever this year; that is why the hundred head of cattle, in addition ...” ”

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Baroness Orczy, A Son of the People — Chapter 4 (1913)

“ Tell me quickly if you will take Zárda as security for the 250,000 florins, and what interest you will want for it?”
“Zárda is very poor security, noble lord, for a quarter of a million. There is no house, and ...”
“Hej! the devil take these Jews,” thundered Bideskúty, “they have lived in mud huts all their lives, their ancestors were vermin in the gutter, and now they want a house to live in. Zárda will never get into your dirty hands, never fear ”

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