Volume VI Part 52 (2/2)
”I consent to do so, provided everything is done in concert between us”
After this we parted, and Sir B---- M----, being in need of rest, I went to tell the vetturino that we should start for Ro day
”For Roood sir, that you would have been wiser not to search for it”
The worthy ht a duel, and indeed everybody else caone to bed, and I spent the rest of the day in the coratitude She said we et what had passed between us, and be the best of friends for the rest of our days, without a thought of any further a to this condition
She burned with the desire for vengeance on the scoundrelly actor who had deceived her; but I pointed out that her duty was to moderate Sir B---- M----'s passions, as if he atteht prove a very serious e of his reputation to have the affair talked of
”I proue iht to be sufficient vengeance for you Instead of the advantages he proposed for himself, he will receive only shame and all the ht hours, and rose to find that a good deal of his rage had evaporated He consented to abide bythe fellow a visit, as he wanted to know hiood supper I went to ret, for I was happy in the consciousness of having done a good action
We started at day-break the next , and e reached Acquapendente we resolved to post to Rome By the post the journey took twelve hours, othere should have been three days on the road
As soon as we reached Rome I went to the custo to Betty's trunk The next day it was duly brought to our inn and handed over to Betty
As Sir B---- M---- had placed the case in ello, an important person at Rome, and an expeditious officer when he sees a case clearly and feels sure that the plaintiffs do not ello is rich, and lives well; he has an alovernor, and even the Holy Father hiave me a private interview directly, and I told hi that all we asked for was that the rogue should be imprisoned and afterwards expelled from Rome
”You see,” I added, ”that our deet all ant by the ordinary channels of the law; but we are in a hurry, and I want you to take charge of the whole affair If you care to do so we shall be prepared to defray legal expenses to the extent of fifty crowns”
The bargello asked e and all the effects of the adventurer, including the letters
I had the bill ina receipt in exchange I told him to send to the inn for the rest
”As soon as I have ainst hi I have already heard that he is at Roland's, and has been trying to get the Englishwoman's trunk If you liked to spend a hundred crowns instead of fifty we could send hialleys for a couple of years”
”We will see about that,” said I, ”for the present ill have hihted to hear that the horse was not l'Etoile's property, and said that if I liked to call at nine o'clock he would have further news for ood deal to do at Rome I wanted to see Cardinal Bernis in the first place, but I postponed everything to the affair of the moment
I went back to the inn and was told by a valet de place, whoone to bed
We were in need of a carriage, so I summoned the landlord and was astonished to find myself confronted by Roland in person
”How's this?” I said ”I thought you were still at the Place d'Espagne”
”I have given hter who has married a prosperous Frenchnificent roo at her house now?”