Languages & literature > Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane > Volume 3

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THE
ADVENTURES
O F
GIL BLAS of Santillane,
B O O K IX.
CHAP. I.
Sciph aJt-ifes Oil Bias to marry, propcfis the dastglter
of a rich and noted Goldfmttb for bis tvife : the fepi
xubieb were taken in confequcr.ce of this advice.
ON E evening, after the company which
had fupped with me was gone, feeing my-
felf alone with Scipio, I aiked what he
had done that day ?A mafter-piece, (he replied)
I intend to have you married to the only daughter
of a goldfmith of my acquaintance.” “ The
daughter of a goldfmith ! (cried I, with an air of
difdain) Haft thou loft thy fenfes ? How canft thou
propofe a wife from the city > One who has cer¬
tainly merit, and is on a fare footing at court,
ought to entertain more elevated views methinks.”
“ How, Sir ! (replied Scipio) fure you are not ia
earneft ; confider that the male alone ennobles ;
and