Volume V Part 15 (1/2)
”But I h paid for the pleasure I gave by the pleasure I received”
”That's right; I ahted to see you happy”
”If you want to land with you My uncle will be there, and I could go back to Venice with hiland? Do you really mean it? It sounds like a fairy-tale You never toldabout it up to now, because I have always i your desire”
”Is your uncle a Venetian? What is he doing in England? Are you sure that he elcome you?”
”Yes”
”What is his name? And how are we to find him in a town of more than a million inhabitants?”
”He is ready found His name is Mattio Boisi, and he is valet de chaland to congratulate the new king; he is accompanied by the Procurator Morosini My uncle is ive my fault, especially when he finds I aland he said he would be back in Venice in July, and we shall just catch him on the point of departure”
As far as the embassy went I kneas all true, froadin, and as for the rest Marcoline see the truth I was flattered by her proposal and agreed to take her to England so that I should possess her for five or six weeks longer without conon at the close of the day, and found ourselves very hungry I knew that the ”St Oot there I ordered a choiceMarcoline, who did not like night travelling, was in high glee, and threw her arnon now?”
”Yes, dearest”
”Then I conscientiously discharge the trust which the countess placed inShe non”
”All this puzzles ave iveit in your hands sooner?”
”Certainly, if you passed your word to the countess; but where is this letter?”
”Wait a e bundle of papers fro,--
”This is my certificate of baptism”
”I see you were born in 1746”
”This is a certificate of 'good conduct'”
”Keep it, it inity”
”That's no use Did you get it from a midwife?”
”No, from the Patriarch of Venice”
”Did he test the matter for himself?”