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After I had treated the duke's attendants with generosity, the poor nobleman, whom fortune had favoured, and whom nature had deprived of the sweetest of all enjoyments, came with me to the door of my carriage and I went on my way. My Carriage Broken Mariuccia's Wedding-Flight of Lord Lismore My Return to Florence, and My Departure with the Corticelli
The messenger started at noon, and returned at two o'clock with the news that my servants would shortly be with me. My coach was on its way, and behind it a smaller carriage with two horses, in which sat an old woman and a young man. "That's the mother," said Corticelli; "now we shall have some fun.
I Returned to Paris With The Corticelli, Now Countess Lascaris The Hypostasis Fails Aix-la-Chapelle Duel Mimi d'Ache The Corticelli Turns Traitress to Her Own Disadvantage Journey to Sulzbach "Why did you allow your mother to call herself my wife, little simpleton? Do you think that's a compliment to my judgment?
The Corticelli had a good warm mantle, but the fool who carried her off had no cloak, even of the most meagre kind, to keep off the piercing cold, which was increased by a keen wind blowing right in our faces. In spite of all I would not halt, for I was afraid I might be pursued and obliged to return, which would have greatly vexed me.
I profited by the opportunity to make known my feelings, and I obtained some slight favours, but so slight were they that my flame only grew the fiercer. Agatha kept on telling me that everybody knew that the Corticelli was my mistress, and that for all the gold in the world she would not have it said that she was my last shift, as I could not see the Corticelli in private.
After this I went to bed, well pleased with what I had seen and what I had done, for I now had complete power over the Corticelli. In the morning I called on her as soon as I got up, and told her to pack up her things, forbidding her to leave her room till she got into the carriage. "I shall say I am ill." "Just as you please, but nobody will take any notice of you."
We should have stayed at Bale some time, if it had not been for an incident which made me hasten our departure. It was as follows: My necessities had obliged me to forgive the Corticelli to a certain extent, and when I came home early I spent the night with her; but when I came home late, as often happened, I slept in my own room.
Before he went, however, he said he should like to present me to a lady whom he was sure I should be very glad to see again. The first persons I thought of were Donna Leonilda, or Donna Lucrezia, her mother; but what was my surprise to see Agatha, the dancer with whom I had been in love at Turin after abandoning the Corticelli.
He gave me an account of the moneys he had spent on the Corticelli, and handed over the rest to me. "I am flush of money," I said, "and I intend to invite my friends to supper frequently. Can you lay your hands on a good cook?" "I know a pearl amongst cooks," said he, "and you can have him directly." "You, chevalier, are the pearl of men.
It did not make the slightest impression on me, and I stayed a fortnight longer in Turin without its causing me the slightest annoyance. I saw the Corticelli again in Paris six months after, and will speak of our meeting in due time. The day after M. de Chauvelin's ball I asked Agatha, her mother, the Dupres, and my usual company to supper.
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