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Spanish Passions — Florence to Trieste Chapter XVIII
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Madame Denis — Dedini — Zanovitch — Zen — I Am Obliged to Leave — I Arrive at Bologna — General Albergati
Without speaking at any length I asked the young grand duke to give me an asylum1 in his dominions2 for as long as I might care to stay. I anticipated any questions he might have asked by telling him the reasons which had made me an exile from my native land.
“As to my necessities,” I added, “I shall ask for help of no one; I have sufficient funds to ensure my independence. I think of devoting the whole of my time to study.”
“So long as your conduct is good,” he replied, “the laws guarantee your freedom; but I am glad you have applied3 to me. Whom do you know in Florence?”
“Ten years ago, my lord, I had some distinuished acquaintances here; but now I propose to live in retirement4, and do not intend renewing any old friendships.”
Such was my conversation with the young sovereign, and after his assurances I concluded that no one would molest5 me.
My adventures in Tuscany the years before were in all probability forgotten, or almost forgotten, as the new Government had nothing in common with the old.
After my interview with the grand duke I went to a bookseller’s shop and ordered some books. A gentleman in the shop, hearing me making enquiries about Greek works, accosted6 me, and we got on well together. I told him I was working at a translation of the “Iliad,” and in return he informed me that he was making a collection of Greek epigrams, which he wished to publish in Greek and Italian. I told him I should like to see this work, whereupon he asked me where I lived. I told him, learnt his name and address, and called on him the next day. He returned the visit, and we became fast friends, though we never either walked or ate together.
This worthy7 Florentine was named (or is named, if he be still alive) Everard de Medici.
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