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Besides; what's in a name? Ask me for a thousand pounds and give me a proper receipt, and you can do it under the name of Socrates or Attila, for all I care. You will pay me back my money as Socrates or Attila, and not as Seingalt; that is all." "But how about signing bills of exchange?" "That's another thing; I must use the name which the drawer gives me." "I don't understand that."
"But where, my dear Olivo, is the Chevalier de Seingalt of whom you speak?" enquired Lorenzi in his clear, insolent voice. Casanova's first impulse was to throw the contents of his glass in Lorenzi's face. Amalia touched his arm lightly, to restrain him, and said: "Many people to-day, Chevalier, still know you best by the old and more widely renowned name of Casanova."
I accepted the invitation, and she immediately told her servant that she was not at home to anyone. The small messenger who had taken the note to Passi returned at four o'clock with the following epistle: "The moment in which I see the Chevalier de Seingalt once more will be one of the happiest of my life.
When I went to Madame du Rumain's, the porter said, "Sir, everybody is still asleep, but who are you? I have instructions." "I am the Chevalier de Seingalt." "Kindly come into my lodge, and amuse yourself with my niece. I will soon be with you." I went in, and found a neatly-dressed and charming girl. "Mademoiselle," said I, "your uncle has told me to come and amuse myself with you."
Here it is." "It is the Duchess of Northumberland. We will go and give it her." "With pleasure!" "Just wait till they have marked the game." Lord Percy had given me this portrait as a letter of introduction to his mother. "My dear duchess," said Lady Harrington, "here is a letter of introduction which this gentleman begs to present to you." "I know, it is M. de Seingalt.
"My name is not false. You can ask Carli, the banker, who has paid me fifty thousand florins." "I know that; but your name is Casanova, so why do you call yourself Seingalt?" "I take this name, or rather I have taken it, because it belongs to me, and in such a manner that if anyone else dared to take it I should contest it as my property by every legitimate resource."
Here it is." "It is the Duchess of Northumberland. We will go and give it her." "With pleasure!" "Just wait till they have marked the game." Lord Percy had given me this portrait as a letter of introduction to his mother. "My dear duchess," said Lady Harrington, "here is a letter of introduction which this gentleman begs to present to you." "I know, it is M. de Seingalt.
After dinner he came up to my room, and told me he was waiting for a gentleman who was going to Augsburg, and that we might make the journey together. He told me the name, and after questioning him I concluded that the gentleman was yourself, so here we are, and I am very glad of it. But listen to me; I advise you to drop all false styles and titles. Why do you call yourself Seingalt?"
The friend of popes and kings and noblemen, and of all the male and female ruffians and vagabonds of Europe, abbe, soldier, charlatan, gamester, financier, diplomatist, viveur, philosopher, virtuoso, "chemist, fiddler, and buffoon," each of these, and all of these was Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt, Knight of the Golden Spur.
This address, delivered with an ironical accent, embarrassed Madame Cornelis, but Lady Harrington, a great supporter of hers, came to her rescue. "I have a number of guineas to hand over to you, my dear Cornelis, and amongst others two from M. de Seingalt, who, I fancy, is an old friend of yours. Nevertheless, I did not dare to tell him so," she added, with a sly glance in my direction.
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