Volume VI Part 59 (1/2)

He told me that Madame Cornelis was head over ears in debts, and spent about half the year in prison She would then get out by giving fresh bills and ements with her creditors, who knew that if they did not allow her to give her balls, they could not expect to get their irl of seventeen, very talented, and patronized by the first ladies in London She gave concerts, but had to bear a good deal from her mother

I asked him to whom she was to have beenschool He said he had never heard of anything of the kind

”Are you in any business?”

”No Myme with it to the Indies, but the day never seeo one must have some money, and my mother has none”

In spite of his promise, I induced him to accept the services of my man, who shewed him all the curiosities of Naples in the course of a week

I could not make him stay another week He set out for Rome, and wrote to reat coat behind hiive me his address

He was a hare-brained fellow, and yet with the help of two or three soundto any grief

I had an unexpected visit from Goudar, who knew the kind of company I kept, and wanted me to ask his wife and hilish friends

I pro that there was to be no play at my house, as I did not want to be involved in any unpleasantness He was perfectly satisfied with this arrangement, as he felt sure his ould attract them to his house, where, as he said, one could play without being afraid of anything

As I was going to Sorento the next day, I made an appointment with him for a day after my return

This trip to Sorento was my last happy day

The advocate took us to a house where ere lodged with all possible coatha and her husband, the second by Callimena and the advocate's old sweetheart, the third by Pascal Latilla, and the fourth bywith the sun ent our several ways; the advocate with his old sweetheart, Agatha with Pascal, and I with Calliain to enjoy a delicious dinner, and then the advocate took his siesta, while Pascal went for a ith Agatha and her husband's sweetheart, and I wandered with Callimena under the shady alleys where the heat of the sun could not penetrate Here it was that Calliave herself for love's sake alone, and see

On the fourth day we returned to Naples in three carriages, as there was a strong wind Callimena persuaded ht be able to meet without any restraint for the future

I approved of her idea, and, not fearing to meet with much severity from the aunt, I took her apart and told her all that had passed,her reasonable offers

She was a sensible woood hu for her niece, she would let me know as soon as possible what she wantedfor Ro She thought this a very natural wish on hted to hear the result of our interview

I lost no tiht with her Iher such things as she most needed, such as linen, dresses, etc It cost me about a hundred louis, and in spite of the satha, whohted to have helped ave a dinner to overnor, and Goudar and his wife

We were all ready, and only waiting for M and Madame Goudar, when I saw the fair Irishwoman come in with Count Medini This piece of insolence made all the blood in my body rush to my head However, I restrained ave hireed that his wife should come with him The rascally fellow prevaricated, and tried hard to induceof the bank, but his eloquence was in vain

Our dinner was a ure, for she possessed every pleasing quality that can irl would have filled a throne with any queen; but Fortune is blind

When the dinner was over, M de Buturlin, a distinguished Russian, and a great lover of pretty women, paid me a visit He had been attracted by the sweet voice of the fair Sara, as singing a Neapolitan air to the guitar I shone only with a borrowed light, but I was far fro offended Buturlin fell in love with Sara on the spot, and a few ot her for five hundred Louis, which Goudar required to carry out the order he had received, namely, to leave Naples in three days

This stroke ca met Madame Goudar secretly at Procida She found her royal husband laughing heartily at a letter which he would not shew her