Languages & literature > Aurus clavus, or, The adventures of a gold trinket, supposed to have been written by itself

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vexation to my master; but not knowing the
source from which such an accusation proceeded,
he could adopt no measures which would be of
avail in unfounding such belief. He accord¬
ingly came under the scowl of his master’s
anger, and was dismissed from his services.
Cast upon the wide world, he wandered about,
a stalking monument of offended innocence.
My master wishing to remain in the same lo¬
cality, availed himself of every opportunity of
procuring a situation in it, in the hopes that
something would occur to break the ice, and
thus testify his innocence by opening up the
whole affair, and had the satisfaction of learning,
in a very short time, that it was established and
identified, not blaming Mr. K altogether
for acting towards him as he had done, knowing
that his ear had been poisoned by the footman.
Yet thinking that there was a harshness in his
proceedings against him, he deemed it neces¬
sary to write Mr. K a letter, congratulatory
on the ascertainment of the event, at the same
time slightly tasking him for his credulity,
who, in turn, wrote my master an answer, and
invited him to call at his house at his earliest
convenience. My master accepted the invita-