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MEMOIRS OF JACQUES
CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-
1798 THE ETERNAL QUEST,
Volume 3d--SWITZERLAND
THE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF
1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO
WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS
DISCOVERED BY ARTHUR SYMONS.
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THE ETERNAL QUEST
SWITZERLAND
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CHAPTER XIII
I Resolve to e a Monk--I go to Confession--Delay
of a Fortnight --Giustiniani, the Apostle Capuchin--I Alter
my Mind; My Reasons--My Pranks at the Inn--I Dine
With the Abbot
The cool way in which the abbot told these cock-and-bull
stories gave me an inclination to laughter, which the
holiness of the place and the laws of politeness had much
difficulty in restraining. All the same I listened with
such an attentive air that his reverence was delighted with
m and asked where I was staying.
"Nowhere," said I; "I came from Zurich on foot, and my
first visit was to your church."
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I do not know whether I pronounced these words with an
air punction, but the abbot joined his hands and
lifted them to heaven, as if to thank God for touching my
heart and bringing me there to lay down the burden of my
sins. I have no doubt that these were his thoughts, as I
have always had the look of a great sinner.
The abbot said it was near noon and that he hoped I would
do him the honour of dining with him, and I accepted with
pleasure, for I had had nothing to eat and I knew that there
is usually good cheer in such places. I did not know
where I was and I did not care to ask,being willing to
leave him under the impression that I was a e
to expiate my sins.
On our way from the church the abbot told me that his
monks were fasting, but that we should eat meat in virtue
of a dispensation he had received from Benedict XIV.,
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which allowed him to eat meat all the year round with his
guests. I repl