Volume IV Part 71 (1/2)
The next day I set out in the earlyday I reached Lyons Madaone to an estate of hers at Bresse I found a letter in which she said that she would be delighted to see reeted oing to Turin to meet Frederic Gualdo, the head of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, and I revealed to her by the oracle that he would come with me to Marseilles, and that there he would co received this oracle she would not go to Paris before she saw us The oracle also bade her wait for ed ined that I succeeded in putting hiet ht require on ht I ood deal ofent She had a Milanese lover, named Bono, who did business for a Swiss banker naot Madaave me the three dresses which she had promised to the Countess of Lascaris, but which that lady had never seen
One of these dresses was furred, and was exquisitely beautiful I left Lyons equipped like a prince, and journeyed towards Turin, where I was to oht it would be easy to make the fellow play the part I had destined for him, but I was cruelly deceived as the reader will see
I could not resist stopping at Cha beautiful and contented She was grieving, however, after the young boarder, who had been taken froinning of December, and at Rivoli I found the Corticelli, who had been warned by the Chevalier de Raiberti of iving the address of the house he had taken for me as I did not want to put up at an inn I i
CHAPTER XVII
My Old Friends--Pacienza--Agatha--Count Boryoentle as a laot into Turin I promised I would come and see her, and immediately went to the house the Chevalier had taken, which I found convenient in every way
The worthy Chevalier was not long in calling on ave me an account of the moneys he had spent on the Corticelli, and handed over the rest to me
”I am flush of money,” I said, ”and I intend to invite ood cook?”
”I know a pearl ast cooks,” said he, ”and you can have him directly”
”You, chevalier, are the pearl of ree on the sum I am to pay him per month”
The cook, as an excellent one, caood idea,” said Raiberti, ”to call on the Count d'Aglie
He knows that the Corticelli is your iven a formal order to Madame Pacienza, the lady hom she lives, that when you coether”
This order amused me, and as I did not care about the Corticelli it did not trouble ht I was in love with her, seemed to pity me
”Since she has been here,” he said, ”her conduct has been irreproachable”
”I aht let her take so-ive her so to do at the carnival”
I promised to follow his advice, and I then paid a visit to the superintendent of police
He received me well, complimented me on my return to Turin, and then added with a smile:--
”I warn you that I have been inforiven strict orders to the respectable woman holad to hear it,” I replied, ”and the id morals I advised the Chevalier Raiberti of lad to see that he has carried theirl will shew herself worthy of your protection”
”Do you think of staying here throughout the carnival?”
”Yes, if your excellency approves”