Thegold-seeker，whomIsincerelypitied，atlengthclamberedfromthepit，withthebitterestdisappointmentimprinteduponeveryfeature，andproceeded，slowlyandreluctantly，toputonhiscoat，whichhehadthrownoffatthebeginningofhislabor。InthemeantimeImadenoremark。Jupiter，atasignalfromhismaster，begantogatheruphistools。Thisdone，andthedoghavingbeenunmuzzled，weturnedinprofoundsilencetowardshome。
Wehadtaken，perhaps，adozenstepsinthisdirection，when，withaloudoath，LegrandstrodeuptoJupiter，andseizedhimbythecollar。Theastonishednegroopenedhiseyesandmouthtothefullestextent，letfallthespades，andfelluponhisknees。
“Youscoundrel。”saidLegrand，hissingoutthesyllablesfrombetweenhisclenchedteeth-“youinfernalblackvillain！-speak，I
tellyou！-answermethisinstant，withoutprevarication！-which-
whichisyourlefteye？”