Volume VI Part 60 (1/2)

Don Pascal Latilla, who had been lucky enough to avoid his majesty's notice, told us a nu; all shewed hiht of a friend of s are hedged in generally He assured us that no one could help liking him, because he always preferred to be treated as a friend rather than a rieved,” said Pascal, ”than when his reatest joy is to grant a favour”

Ferdinand had not the least tincture of letters, but as he was a hly, indeed anyone of e He revered the reatest respect for the memory of Lelio Caraffa, and of the Dukes of Matalone, and he had provided handsomely for a nephew of the famous man of letters Genovesi, in consideration of his uncle's merits

Games of chance were forbidden; and one day he surprised a nu , and would have hidden their cards and money

”Don't put yourselves out,” said the kindly monarch, ”take care that Tanucci doesn't catch you, but don't mind me”

His father was extreed to resist the paternal orders in deference to State reasons

Ferdinand knew that though he was the King of Spain's son, he was none the less king of the two Sicilies, and his duties as king had the prerogative over his duties as son

Some months after the suppression of the Jesuits, he wrote his father a letter, beginning:

”There are four things which astonish h the Jesuits were said to be so rich, not a penny was found upon theh the Scrivani of Naples are supposed to take no fees, yet their wealth is i couples have children sooner or later, we have none; and the fourth, that all men die at last, except Tanucci, who, I believe, will live on in 'saecula saeculoru of Spain shewed this letter to all the ht see that his son was a clever ht; for a man who can write such a letter must be clever

Two or three days later, the Chevalier de Morosini, the nephew of the procurator, and sole heir of the illustrious house of Morosini, came to Naples accompanied by his tutor Stratico, the professor of iven me a letter for his brother, the Pisan professor He stayed at the ”Crocielles,” and ere delighted to see one another again

Morosini, a youngto complete his education He had spent three years at Turin academy, and was now under the superintendence of a e of learning, but unhappily the anting in the pupil The young Venetian loved wo rakes, and yawned in good company He was a sworn foe to study, and spent his enerosity than froed on his uncle's econoe; he had calculated that he could spend eight hundred sequins a ht his allowance of two hundred sequins a month an insult With this notion, he set hihed at his tutor when he ance, and pointed out that if he were saving for the present, he would be able to be all the nificent on his return to Venice His uncle had irl as extremely pretty, and also the heiress of the house of Gri man's character was that he had a mortal hatred of all kinds of play

Since my bank had been broken I had been at Goudar's, but I would not listen to his proposal that I should join theain Medini had becoo away, but I pretended not to notice him He was at Goudar's when I introduced Morosini and his ame he became very intimate with hi, his hatred of me increased, for he was certain that I had warned the rich Venetian against him

Morosini was ht of how he could possess her He was still a young man, full of romantic notions, and she would have becouessed that she would have to be bought with a heavy price

He told me several tiust would expel his love in a ood a man as Madaood point in his character; no woe for presents received could hope to dupe him Sara's maxims were diametrically opposed to his; she looked on her love as a bill of exchange

Stratico was delighted to see hi with him was to keep hie in bad co He would soallop, utterly ruining the horses He was only too glad to make his uncle pay for them, as he swore he was an old miser

After I had made up my mind to leave Naples, I had a visit froht with him the Abbe Galiani, whom I had known at Paris

It atha's, where I had stayed with him, and left him Donna Lucrezia Castelli

I told him that I had intended to visit him, and asked if Lucrezia were still with hihter the Marchioness C----”

I was delighted to hear the news; if it had not been for the abbe's visit, I should never have heard what had become of these ladies

I asked him if he knew the Marchioness C----

”I only know the marquis,” he replied, ”he is old and very rich”