Jest Jest and and laughter laughter passed passed around around , , and and all all was was as as merry merry as as merry merry could could be be . . The wizened face of the man of law was twisted into a wrinkled smile , for in his pouch were fourscore golden angels that the Prior had paid him in fee for the case betwixt him and Sir Richard of the Lea . The The learned learned doctor had had been been paid paid beforehand beforehand , , for for he he had had not not overmuch overmuch trust trust in in the the holy holy Vincent Vincent of of Emmet Emmet . .
Вокруг раздавались шутки и смех, и все было так весело, как только могло быть весело. Морщинистое лицо законника исказилось в морщинистой улыбке, потому что в его сумке было восемьдесят золотых ангелов, которые приор заплатил ему в качестве гонорара за дело между ним и сэром Ричардом из Леа. Ученому доктору заплатили заранее, так как он не слишком доверял святому Винсенту Эммету.
