Volume IV Part 20 (2/2)
”Your Rosalie is contented, and you ought to congratulate yourself on havingthat vexes o and see her yourself with any decency”
”You are in love with her, my lord”
”I confess that I am, but I am an old man, and it vexes me”
”That's no matter, she will love you tenderly; and if Petri ever beco ood friend to him Write to me at Florence and tell me how she receives him”
”Stay here for another three days; the two beauties there will make the time seeo tomorrow I aht that you would have allowed any wohten you”
”I am afraid she has cast her fatal nets around me, and when the time comes she will be strictly moral Rosalie is my only love”
”Well, here's a letter froht of which made my heart beat violently; it ran as follows:
”Dearest,--I see you have placed me in the hands of one ill care for oodness of your heart I rite to you at whatever address you send , do not fear any jealousy fro in my present position I expect that if you make lad to hear that she is lessening your sadness I hope you rite o”
I went up to the reatly irl will find in me her friend and father, and if she ht, he will not possess her long I shall remember her in my will, and thus when I am dead my care will still continue But what do you think of her advice as to Veronique? I don't expect she is exactly a vestal virgin, though I have never heard anything against her”
I had ordered that the table should be laid for four, so Annette sat doithout our having to ask her Le Duc appeared on the scene, and I told hio to bed
”I alad to hear it; but don't trouble now, you shall wait on hted at e to her heart I began by talking to her in a verymanner all supper-time, while the ht I could get a felucca next day to take me to Lerici
”Yes,” said he, ”whenever you like and with as many oarsmen as you please; but I hope you will put off your departure for two or three days”
”No,” I replied, ogling Veronique, ”the delay ht cost me too dear”
The sly puss answered with a s
When we rose from the table I amused myself with Annette, and the marquis with Veronique After a quarter of an hour he came and said toyou to stay a few days longer, or at least to sup here to-ood We will talk of the few days more at supper to-morrow”
”Victory!” said theher request When our guest was gone, I asked ht send Costa to bed
”As round for any suspicion”