Languages & literature > Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane > Volume 1

14* THE adventures of
v.e found we could talk witii freedom, “ '
Diego, (laid he, with a melancholy air) ID
fomething extvaoivlinary to difclofe: I am1
fraid. my child, that we both fliall have caul *
repent of amuling ourfelves in the evening V
concerts at my mailer s door. I have, doubt:
a great fiienddup for you, and am very ' -
pleafed at having taught you to play on the {*■'•
tarre, and ling ; but had 1 forefeen the mis ii;
tume that threatens us, pleafe God, i wrould hr
given you your leffons in fome other plac;
Frightened at this difcourfe, I begged the u 1
to be more explicit, and tell me what wTe had
fear ; for I was not a man who could brave c‘
ger; nor had T, as yet, made the tour of Sp
“ I will (faid he) tell you what is necellary ttl
known, that you may comprehend the jeopa
in which we are. When I entered into the ii
vice of the phylician, which is about a year sD
he faid to me one morning, after having broil k
me into the prefence of his wife, “ Marcos, f
hold your miftrefs; this is the lady whom i
aie to attend every wdiere.” I admired Do *1;
Mergellina ; I thought her wonderful pretty, >■
cellively handfome, and w^as particularly cha, h
ed with the agreeable air that ditfufed i«
through her whole mein.” “ Sir, (anfwerer
to the phyfician) I am too happy in being
mined to ferve fuch a charming lady.” Meri
lina, difgufted at my aniwer, faid in a pail. ‘
“ A pretty fellow, indeed 1 methinks you takf
great deal of liberty. 1 want none of y"
compliments not 1.” Such words, frorD
mouth fcr agreeable, furprifed me very muj f
1 could not reconcile this ruftic and mfoU
manner of ipeaking with the gentle appeara. f
of my mifUefs: but hei hufbaud., w ho was c >