Volume VI Part 20 (2/2)
At nine o'clock I was told that ry, and the neatness hich the table was laid was a pleasant surprise in Spain I was sorry that I had had no opportunity of expressing o, but I sat down to supper Then indeed I thought the cobbler a hero; the Biscayan ht have entered into rivalry with the best cook in France There were five dishes, includingwas exquisite
My lodging was dear enough, but the cook ain
Towards the end of supper Philippe told me that the landlord had co
”Shew hi daughter enter; he had rented the house on purpose to be nazia--Return of M de Mocenino to Madrid
All you barons, counts, and entleraded hientle deeds Respect the man that defines nobility in a nehich you cannot understand With him nobility is not a series of descents frorees, in which no account is taken of the impure blood introduced by wifely infidelities; he defines a nobleman as one who does noble deeds, who neither lies nor cheats, who prefers his honour to his life
This latter part of the definition should make you tremble for your lives, if you meditate his dishonour From imposture comes contempt, from contempt hatred, from hatred homicide, which takes out the blot of dishonour
The cobbler Don Diego h at hi himself to be really so he had done his best to prove it to iven me some idea of the nobility of his soul, but he was not content with this On the receipt of ive up the best part of it torun, as after I had left he would probably have no difficulty in letting the aparte me
He was not disappointed; henceforth I treated hihted at what her father had done forour business relations over a bottle of excellent wine I succeeded in my contention that the Biscayan cook should be kept at irl to think that she was in Don Diego's service, so I begged him to pay her every day, as I should take all my meals at home, at all events, till the return of the ambassador I also told hied him to keep me company at dinner and supper every day He tried to excuse hihter should take his place when he had too ined I had anticipated this condition, andcurious to see the way in which ed, I paid hinazia A bed, a chest, and a chair made up the whole furniture; but beside the bed was a desk before a picture, four feet high, representing St Ignatius de Loyola as a fine young man, more calculated to irritate the sense than to arouse devotion
My cobbler said tothan I had before; and the rent of your room pays me for the house four times over”
”How about the furniture and the linen?”
”It will all be paid in the course of four years I hope this house will be the dower of hter It is an excellent speculation, and I have to thank you for it”
”I a new boots?”
”Quite so; but if you look you will see that I aiven me In this way I have not to put them on, nor need I trouble et?”
”Thirty reals”
”That's a larger price than usual”
”Yes, but there's a great difference between my work and my leather, and the usual work and leather of the bootmakers”
”Then I will have a last made, and you shall make me a pair of shoes, if you will; but I warn you they must be of the finest skin, and the soles of ”