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 in eight days . Then the Don went to an inn , where he hired two rooms , and , standing in one of them , said to his purse , ' Dear purse , fill this room with gold ; ' and when the eight days were up it was so full you could not have put in another sovereign . When the owner of the house came to take away his money Don Giovanni led him into the room and said : ` There , just pocket what you want . '
The gentleman stared with open mouth XXXXX the astonishing sight ; but he had given his word to sell the house , so he took his money , as he was told , and went away with his wife to look for some place to live in .
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