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I looked upon her as a most worthy woman, whose kindness of heart and purity of life deserved the esteem of all. I stayed in the family for three days after her death, sincerely sympathizing with them in their affliction. A few days afterwards, my friend Tiretta lost his mistress through a grievous illness.
The pious niece of the Pope was at mass when I reached her house. I found Tiretta engaged in playing on the flute, but as soon as he saw me he dropped the instrument, ran up to me, embraced me, and gave me back the money his suit had cost me. "I see you are in cash, old fellow; I congratulate you."
I, for my part, took no notice of him, but Tiretta, not so patient as I, at last lost his temper and got up, begging Madame to tell him when she was going to have that fellow to dine with her. We rose from table without saying a word, and the silent abbe went with madam into another room.
He was a charming boy; and as he was exactly like his mother, the worthy merchant had no doubts as to the parentage of the child. I laughed to myself at finding my offspring thus scattered all over Europe. At supper Therese gave me news of Tiretta.
I consider you to be a man of discretion, of honour, and above all a moral man; in short, I believe you have experienced religion, and if I am making a mistake it will be a pity, for though I have been insulted I don't lack means of avenging myself, and as you are his friend you will be sorry for him." "Is Tiretta the guilty party, madam?" "The same." "And what is his crime?"
She came from Modena, and was a mere adventuress. This discovery shewed me what sort of a man the abbe was. I thought from his expression that the count had taken a fancy to her, and when she asked us to dinner I refused on the plea of an engagement; but Tiretta, who took my meaning, accepted.
"And now, that you may be at your ease with me, I should like to know in what manner I can be of service to you?" "I have need of your friendship, perhaps of your purse, but at any rate of your protection." "You have my friendship and my protection already, and my purse is at your service." After expressing his gratitude to me, Tiretta said,
They told me, and I pretended to believe them, that their horror at the wretch's wickedness prevented Them feeling that compassion which his unheard-of torments should have excited. The fact was that Tiretta kept the pious aunt curiously engaged during the whole time of the execution, and this, perhaps, was what prevented the virtuous lady from moving or even turning her head round.
I am glad to hear it. Now let us have a game at piquet, and I will play against you and my niece, for she must learn the game." Tiretta asked leave of his darling to go to the play, and we played on till supper-time. On his return, Tiretta made us almost die of laughing with his attempts to tell us in his broken French the plot of the play he had seen.
As soon as I had come to the end of this short and swift discourse, I went out and shut myself up in my room. In the course of the next two hours I shall go and fetch my linen, and I hope to breakfast with you to-morrow." Tiretta did well. His heart was in the right place, and he was wise not to allow the foolish impulses of youth to plunge him in the sink of corruption.
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