"A visiting merchant once left his money outside one night, thinking that it would be safe because of Vlad's draconian policies. To his surprise, some of the coins were stolen. He complained to Vlad, who promptly issued a proclamation that the money must be returned or the city would be destroyed. That night, Vlad secretly had the missing money, plus one extra coin, returned to the merchant. The next morning the merchant found the money and counted it. He told Vlad the money had been returned, and mentioned the extra coin. Vlad replied that the thief had been caught and would be impaled, adding that if the merchant hadn't mentioned the extra coin, he would have been impaled too."
- Miranda Twiss, The Most Evil Men and Women in History
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