Volume V Part 36 (1/2)
”But even if I did they wouldn't have come, for they are not at the orders of the procurers If you will proive you some tickets which will make them come”
”Can I have them here?”
”Just as you like”
”That will be most convenient for me Write out the tickets and let them know French if you can”
”That's the difficulty; the prettiest only speak English”
”Never h for the purpose I dare say”
He wrote several tickets for four and six guineas each; but one was uineas
”She is doubly pretty, is she?” said I
”Not exactly, but she has cuckolded a duke of Great Britain who keeps her, and only uses her once or twice athe skill of my cook?”
”Certainly, but I can'tI a better to do I sent Jarbe to one of the four-guinea wenches, telling him to advise her that she would dine with me She came She did not attract ht toying She went aell pleased with her four guineas, which she had done nothing to earn Another wench, also at four guineas, supped withShe had been very pretty, and, indeed, was so still, but she was too melancholy and quiet for my taste, and I could not makeup myinclined to try another ticket, I went to Covent Garden, and onperson I accosted her in French, and asked her if she would sup with ive ”
After the play I ordered a good supper for two, and she displayed an appetite after mine own heart When we had supped I asked for her name and address, and I was astonished to find that she was one of the girls whouineas I concluded that it was best to do one's own business, or, at any rate, not to eents As to the other tickets, they procured uinea one, which I had reserved for the last, as a choice morsel, pleased me the least of all, and I did not care to cuckold the noble duke who kept her
Lord Pe, handsome, rich, and full of wit I went to see hi out of bed He said he would ith me and told his valet to shave him
”But,” said I, ”there's not a trace of beard on your face”
”There never is,” said he, ”I get myself shaved three tie my shi+rt I wash my hands; when I wash my hands I have to wash my face, and the proper way to wash a man's face is with a razor”
”When do you et up, when I dress for dinner, and when I go to bed, for I should not like the wo with ether, and then I left hi to do As we parted, he asked me if I dined at ho that he intended dining with h I did not let him know that I expected a noble to its bow
I had scarcely got home when Madame Binetti came in, and said that if she were not in the way, she would be glad to dine withher a great service, as her husband would suffer the tor to find out hoh she was thirty-five, nobody would have taken her for more than twenty-five Her appearance was in every way pleasing Her lips were of the hue of the rose, disclosing two exquisite rows of teeth A fine coht have been well enthroned, all this made an exquisite picture If you add to this, that her breast was of the rarest proportions, you will understand that more fastidious tastes than mine would have been satisfied with her
She had not been in my house for half an hour when Lord Pembroke came in They both uttered an exclamation, and the nobleman told me that he had been in love with her for the last six months; that he had written ardent letters to her of which she had taken no notice