* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------Very well, --said my father, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --nay, if it has that convenience----and so without stopping a moment to settle it first in his mind, whether the _Jews_ had it from the _Egyptians_, or the _Egyptians_ from the _Jews_, --he rose up, and rubbing his forehead two or three times across with the palm of his hand, in the manner we rub out the footsteps of care, when evil has trod lighter upon us than we foreboded, --he shut the book, and walked down stairs. 
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'Very well,' said my father; * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * '- nay, if it has that convenience-' - and without stopping to decide whether the Jews had it from the Egyptians, or the Egyptians from the Jews, he rose; and rubbing his forehead as if rubbing out the footsteps of care, he shut the book, and walked down stairs.
