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Medini, penniless as usual, had taken up his abode in the hotel where I was staying, bringing with him his mistress, her sister, and her mother, but with only one servant. He informed me that the grand duke had refused to listen to any of them at Pisa, where he had received a second order to leave Tuscany, and so had been obliged to sell everything.
He had only to desire to attain, and no man could desire greater pleasure than he enjoyed at Sorento. I was vexed to see Count Medini with him; we were enemies, and gave each other the coldest of greetings. We were twenty-two at table and enjoyed delicious fare, for in that land everything is good; the very bread is sweeter than elsewhere.
Besides, I was no longer at that headstrong age which only knows one kind of satisfaction, that of the sword. I remembered that if Manucci had been wrong so had I, and I felt that my honour ran no danger of being compromised. The day after, I went to dinner with him. The Chevalier de Neuville came in towards the close of the meal, and Medini a few moments later.
Medini received me cordially, and thanked the Frenchman for having made me forget the past, and having brought me to see him. M. de Neuville looked astonished, and to avoid any unpleasant explanations I turned the conversation.
Knowing Goudar to be a greater rascal than Medini, I did not believe a word he said; and I waited impatiently for the end of the game. At one o'clock it was all over. The lucky punter went off with his pockets full of gold, and Medini, affecting high spirits, which were very much out of place, swore his victory should cost him dear.
Thereupon Goudar had the impudence to ask me to deal for a fourth share. "I will not deal under a half share," I replied, "though I have no confidence in my luck." Goudar spoke to Medini, who got up, took away his share, and left me the place. I had only two hundred ounces in my purse.
Two hours later one of his servants came to me and promised if I would give him six sequins to warn me if his master made any preparations for flight. I told him drily that his zeal was useless to me, as I was quite sure that the count would pay all his debts within the term; and the next morning I wrote to Medini informing him of the step his servant had taken.
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His pleasures could not last much longer. In the evening we returned to the duke's, and sat down to a supper composed of several kinds of fish. The air of Sorento gives an untiring appetite, and the supper soon disappeared. After supper my lady proposed a game at faro, and Bettoni, knowing Medini to be a professional gamester, asked him to hold the bank.
It was at the beginning of October, and about that time Count Medini arrived at Florence without a penny in his pocket, and without being able to pay his vetturino, who had arrested him. The wretched man, who seemed to follow me wherever I went, had taken up his abode in the house of a poor Irishman.
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