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In the evening my two friends kept their appointments to the minute, and we went to my little casino at two hours after sunset. Our supper was delicious, and my Tonine charmed me with the gracefulness of her carriage. I was delighted to see Righelini enchanted, and the ambassador dumb with admiration.
I got to M. de Bragadin's just as the soup was being served. He welcomed me heartily, and was delighted at having foreseen that I should thus surprise them. Besides my two other old friends, there were De la Haye, Bavois, and Dr. Righelini at table. "What! you without a cloak!" said M. Dandolo. "Yes," said I; "for having gone out with my mask on I forgot to bring one:"
The Convent of the Vierges is within the jurisdiction of the Doge, whom the nuns style "Most Serene Father." They all belong to the first families in Venice. While I was praising the beauty of Mother M E to Dr. Righelini, he whispered to me that he could get her me for a money payment, if I were curious in the matter.
The same evening, supping at Murray's casino with Righelini, having the matter at heart, and seeing before me the two men who could clear up everything to my satisfaction, I began to speak with enthusiasm of the beauty of M E , whom I had seen at the Vierges.
Righelini; for in spite of her pallor she seemed to me quite fair enough to charm a lover, and I believed her to be spirited enough to determine to take the most agreeable medicine a doctor can prescribe. In the morning I rang the bell as I was getting up, and the younger sister came into my room, and said that as they kept no servant she had come to do what I wanted.
The Fair Invalid I Cure Her A Plot Formed to Ruin Me What Happened at the House of the Young Countess Bonafede The Erberia Domiciliary Visit My Conversation with M. de Bragadin I Am Arrested by Order of the State Inquisitors. After leaving Dr. Righelini I went to sup with M. de Bragadin, and gave the generous and worthy old man a happy evening.
Surprise drew from me these words: "She is pretty, but the sculptor should give her some colour." On which the statue smiled in a manner which would have been charming if her lips had but been red. "Her pallor," said Righelini, "will not astonish you when I tell you she has just been blooded for the hundred and fourth time." I gave a very natural gesture of surprise.
"I am delighted with your answer, as I confess it would cost me something to be the witness of your exploits with Tonine." Having casually remarked that I had no longer a house in Muran, Righelini told me that if I liked he could get me a delightful house at a low rent on the Tondamente Nuovo.
She loved poetry, and if it had not been that I was expecting the bishop, I would have fallen in love with her. She was herself smitten with a young physician of great merit, named Righelini, who died in the prime of life, and whom I still regret. I shall have to mention him in another part of my Memoirs.
In the evening my two friends kept their appointments to the minute, and we went to my little casino at two hours after sunset. Our supper was delicious, and my Tonine charmed me with the gracefulness of her carriage. I was delighted to see Righelini enchanted, and the ambassador dumb with admiration.
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