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328 The ADVENTURES of
I afked how he came to know that his excellency
had no hand in my misfortune. “ O ! as for that
((aid he) I took care to be well informed : a friend
of mine, who enjoys the confidence of the duke
d'Uzeda, told me all the particulars of your Impri-
fonment.” “ Calderona (faid he) having difeovered,
by the officioufnefs of a valet, that Signiora Sirena,
under another name, received the prince of Spain
in the night-time ; and that this intrigue was con¬
duced by the count de Lemos, with the aftiftance
of Signior de Santillane, refolved to be revenged
on them as well as upon his miftrefs. With this
view he went privately to the duke d’Uzeda, and
difeovered the whole affair. The duke, ravi/h- d
at having in his hand fuch a fair opportunity of
ruining his enemy, did not fail to ufe- it: he in¬
formed the king of what he had heard, and re-
prefented to him with great zeal the perils to
which the prince had been expofed. This piece
of news roufed the indignation of his majefty,
who immediately ordered Sirena to be fhut up in
the houfe of corre&ion, banilhed the count de Lc-
roos, and condemned Gil Bias to perpetual impri-
fo’nment.” “ This (added Scipio) is what my
friend told me ; by Which you fee that your mis¬
fortune is the work of the duke d’Uzeda, or ra¬
ther of Calderpna.”
From this inforrpation, I Imagined that my af¬
fairs might he retrieved in time» that tfie duke of
Lerrna, piqued at his nephew’s exile, would ex¬
ert himtelf to have that nobleman recalled to court:
and, I flattered mytelf, that I fliould mot be for¬
gotten by liis excellency. What a fine thing hope
s i It cenlble'd me all of a fudden for the lofs of
my effedb, which'had been Helen j and made me
as, merry as if I had caufc to be fo. Far from re¬
garding