` Yes , of course I should , ' replied the Don . ` Well , here is a purse ; take it and say to it , `` Dear purse , give me some money , '' and you will get as much as you can want But the charm will only work if you promise to remain three years , three months , and three days without washing and without combing and without shaving your beard or changing your clothes . If you do all this faithfully , when the time is up you shall keep the purse for yourself , and I will let you off any other conditions . ' Now Don Giovanni was a man who never troubled his head about the future . He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those three years , but only that he should be able , by means of the purse , to have all sorts of things he had been obliged to do without ; so he joyfully put the purse in his pocket and went on his way . He soon began to ask for money for the mere pleasure of it , and there was always as much as he needed . For a little while he even forgot to notice how dirty he was getting , but this did not last long , for his hair became matted with dirt and hung over his eyes , and his pilgrim 's dress was a mass of horrible rags and tatters . He was in this state when , one morning , he happened to be passing a fine palace ; and , as the sun was shining bright and warm , he sat down on the steps and tried to shake off some of the dust which he had picked up on the road . But in a few minutes a maid saw him , and said to her master , ' I pray you , sir , to drive away that beggar who is sitting on the steps , or he will fill the whole house with his dirt . ' So the master went out and called from some distance off , for he was really afraid to go near the man , ` You filthy beggar , leave my house at once ! ' ` You need not be so rude , ' said Don Giovanni ; ' I am not a beggar , and if I chose I could force you and your wife to leave your house . ' ` What is that you can do ? ' laughed the gentleman . ` Will you sell me your house ? ' asked Don Giovanni . ' I will buy it from you on the spot . ' ` Oh , the dirty creature is quite mad ! ' thought the gentleman . ' I shall just accept his offer for a joke . ' And aloud he said : ' All right ; follow me , and we will go to a lawyer and get him to make a contract . '
And Don Giovanni followed him , and an agreement was drawn up by which the house was to be sold at once , and a large sum of money paid down XXXXX eight days .
So about for from in of on over with without