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He was clerk to M. Ragionato and god-son of Count Algarotti, a sister of whom had married M. Dandolo's brother. "Charles," said M. Dandolo to me, "has lost his father and his mother, and I feel satisfied that his godfather will guarantee the dowry brought by his wife.

He was clerk to M. Ragionato and god-son of Count Algarotti, a sister of whom had married M. Dandolo's brother. "Charles," said M. Dandolo to me, "has lost his father and his mother, and I feel satisfied that his godfather will guarantee the dowry brought by his wife.

We arrived at the good priest's house two hours before mid-day, and soon after our arrival, Christine came in with an air of great ease, expressing all her pleasure at seeing me. She only bowed to Charles, enquiring from me whether he was likewise a clerk. Charles answered that he was clerk at Ragionato. She pretended to understand, in order not to appear ignorant.

We arrived at the good priest's house two hours before mid-day, and soon after our arrival, Christine came in with an air of great ease, expressing all her pleasure at seeing me. She only bowed to Charles, enquiring from me whether he was likewise a clerk. Charles answered that he was clerk at Ragionato. She pretended to understand, in order not to appear ignorant.

For more than eleven months have I been working, and I was beginning to be tired of it. I am certainly not a literary woman." "Who is this Tito?" asked Rodolphe. "The Secretary of State to the financial department of the humble shop of the Colonnas, in other words, the son of our ragionato.