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An hour later in the tap-room of the "Lame Cow" Diogenes had finished explaining to his brother philosophers the work which ha had in hand and for which he required their help. The explanation had begun with the words filled with portentous charm: "There will be 500 guilders for each of you at the end of our journey."
And they knew from many and varied experiences of adventures undertaken in amicable trilogy that Diogenes would be as good as these words.