Volume VI Part 67 (1/2)
He was a lad of fifteen or sixteen, and very handsoh short
Nature had endowed him with an enormous symbol of virility, and at Lampsacus he would no doubt have had an altar erected to hiht well have contended
He ell-reeable, and seearita or Mdlle Bounacorsi; he had merely satisfied their curiosity They saw and admired, and wished to come to a nearer acquaintance; he read their irls held a consultation, and pretending to submit out of mere cohe had coirl, but unhappily for hi able to win her he was beco desperate The chief obstacle to the s only amounted to a paul a day, which was certainly an insufficient sum to support a wife on
He talked so much about her that I became curious, and expressed a desire to see her But before co to this I must recite some other incidents of my stay at Roiven to the art students, and the first face I saas the face of Mengs He ith Battoni and two or three other painters, all being occupied in adjudging the otten his treatment of me at Madrid, so I pretended not to see him; but as soon as he saw me, he came up and addressed et what happened at Madrid and be friends once more”
”So be it, provided no allusion is made to the cause of our quarrel; for I warn you that I cannot speak of it and keep my head cool”
”I dare say; but if you had understood ed reat pain”
”I do not understand you”
”I dare say not Youa Protestant; and if I had shewn ht possibly have been ruined But dine with me tomorroill ood bottle of wine I know that you do not receive your brother, so he shall not be there Indeed, I do not receive hiive me the cold shoulder”
I accepted his friendly invitation, and was punctual to the appointment
My brother left Rome a short time afterwards with Prince Beloselski, the Russian ambassador to Dresden, hom he had come; but his visit was unsuccessful, as Rezzonico proved inexorable We only saw each other two or three tione I had the agreeable surprise of seeing s as usual He had the impudence to ask me to help him
”Where do you come from?”
”Froera living at Ro French”
”You a teacher of languages! Why, you do not know your native tongue”
”I know Italian and French too, and I have already got two pupils”
”They will no doubtcare
Who are they?”
”The son and daughter of the inn-keeper, at whose house I ah to keep ”
”You have no right to count on me Leave the rooarita to see that he did not coain
The wretched fellow did his best to ruinthe duchess of Fiano and the Abbe Gaive hiot heartily sick of the sound of his name At last the Abbe Ceruti caing his bread in the streets I ive him some assistance
”You can keep hio if you will allow him three pauls a day” I consented, and Ceruti hit on a plan which pleased me very much He spoke to a priest who served a convent of Franciscan nuns This priest took ave hi one ht earn more
Thus the Abbe Casanova passed away, and I did not care whether he knew or not where the three pauls had co as I stayed at Roularly, but after my departure he returned to Rome, went to another convent, and died there suddenly thirteen or fourteen years ago