Volume V Part 5 (1/2)
I felt at once that I e of her, and put an end to this ill-assorted ined that I should not have ht never have quitted if it had not been for her trust in me, founded on the fallacious promises of her seducer
The true Venetian character of the girl struck nation, and the nobility of her aspect made me resolve not to abandon her I could not doubt that she had told a true tale, as uilty silence
I watched her silently for so made up, said,--
”I promise to send you back to Venice with a respectable woman to look after you; but you will be unfortunate if you carry back with you the results of your aoing to be married at Geneva?”
”Yes, but in spite of that ”
”I understand you, sir, but I am quite at ease on that point, as I am happy to say that I did not yield to any of the wretch's desires”
”Remember,” said the abbe, in a plaintive voice, ”the oath you took to be mine for ever You swore it upon the crucifix”
So saying he got up and approached her with a supplicating gesture, but as soon as he ithin reach she gave hiht, in which I should not have interfered, but nothing of the kind The hu his eyes to heaven began to weep
”You are too malicious, my dear,” I said; ”the poor devil is only unhappy because you have made him in love with you”
”If he is it's his own fault, I should never have thought of hiive hiht That's not the first blow I have given hiin at Padua”
”Yes,” said the abbe, ”but you are excommunicated, for I am a priest”
”It's little I care for the excommunication of a scoundrel like you, and if you say another word I will give you some more”
”Calry, but you should not beat hioing to take her?” said the foolish priest
”To ue Here, take these twenty sequins and buy yourself sos of yours to the beggars I will come and talk to you to-morrow, and you may thank your stars that you found me here As for you, , for Genoahere with a priest We e of my landlady, but whatever you do don't tell her this sad story I will see that you are properly dressed, and that you want for nothing”
”May Heaven reward you!”
My brother, astonished at the sight of the twenty sequins, let o aithout a word I had the fair Venetian taken to e of my landlady I told the latter to see that she was properly dressed I wanted to see how she would look in decent clothes, for her present rags and tatters detracted froirl who had been placed into entertain a nuuests I proceeded to hts over ht it best to tell her the whole story lest she should pass an unfavourable judgment on me She listened attentively and thanked me for my confidence in her, and said she should very irl and the abbe too, whoh she adot her a dress to wear at dinner, which became her exquisitely I felt only too happy to be able to please her in any way, for her conduct towards myself and the way she treated her ardent lover commanded my admiration She saw hi h he was of the mercantile class, and wrote to her in a business-like manner, that, as they ell suited to each other in every way, there was nothing against his going to Marseilles and obtaining her father's consent to theof aversion on her side He finished by requesting her to give hiratulated her, and advised her to accept, if there was nothing about the youngof the kind,” she said, ”and Rosalie thinks with you”
”Then tell hiive your consent, and will expect to see hiood; as you think so, I will tell hi of curiositywith the Venetian girl, whose na her, for she was coed, not so much by the pretty dress she had on as by the contented expression of her face, which made her look quite another person Good huentleness born of happiness made her features breathe forth love I could scarcely believe that this charorous blow toin the eyes of the co able to understand each other, for Marcoline only spoke Venetian, and Annette Genoese, and the latter dialect does not resemble the former any more than Bohemian reseue, which was mine too, and she said,--
”I seem to have suddenly passed froel”