Author : Giacomo Casanova
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230078632
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (786 download)
Book Synopsis The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, the Prince of Adventurers Volume 2 by : Giacomo Casanova
Download or read book The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, the Prince of Adventurers Volume 2 written by Giacomo Casanova and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...him about the Hanoverians he burst out laughing. ' They came to me yesterday, ' he said, ' but I laughed in their faces. They are absolutely starving, but I would not give them a sixpence. I have spent ten or twelve pounds on them already, and have been as many times taken in. Baltimore the same. They are in the style of your Charpillon.' ' VVe shall see what will happen when the mother is under lock and key.' I felt sure that they would try me again, and was not mistaken, for just as I was sitting down to supper, the four eldest ones appeared, weeping like Magdalenes; the youngest had gone with her mother to prison, they said, and they were turned out into the street. ' You shall sleep here, ' I said; ' I promise you good beds and a good fire; but first, sit down and have supper with me.' They eat heartily, but in sadness, and drank nothing but water. ' Your tears and your abstinence annoy me, ' I said; 'you can go upstairs to the second story, where you will find all you require for the night, but you must leave in the morning before seven, and don't come back here.' An hour later some one tapped at my door. It was the eldest sister. She argued with me, till, disgusted, I sent her away. About seven o'clock in the morning I felt myself being gently shaken. On opening my eyes, I saw the second sister. ' What do you want?' I asked in a cold, stern voice. 'To touch your heart, and to ask you to keep us a few days longer. You can count on my gratitude. My sister has told me everything, but you must forgive her, for her heart is not in her keeping. She is betrothed to an Italian, who is now in prison for debt.' ' And you...