[88038] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Read Her Mind
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vin Dicarlo)
Sun Sep 4 01:23:13 2016
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 21:18:49 -0400
From: "Vin Dicarlo" <vin_dicarlo@harvardhelp.stream>
To: <mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu>
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<p>Read Her Mind<br /> Bottarelli--A Letter from Pauline--The Avenging P=
arrot--Pocchini-- Guerra, the Venetian--I Meet Sara Again; My Idea of Marry=
ing Her and Settling in Switzerland--The Hanoverians Thus ended the first a=
ct of the comedy; the second began the next morning. I was just getting up,=
when I heard a noise at the street door, and on putting my head out of the=
window I saw Pocchini, the scoundrel who had robbed me at Stuttgart trying=
to get into my house. I cried out wrathfully that I would have nothing to =
do with him, and slammed down my window. A little later Goudar put in an ap=
pearance. He had got a copy of the St. James's Chronicle, containing a brie=
f report of my arrest, and of my being set a liberty under a bail of eighty=
guineas. My name and the lady's were disguised, but Rostaing and Bottarell=
i were set down plainly, and the editor praised their conduct. I felt as if=
I should like to know Bottarelli, and begged Goudar to take me to him, and=
Martinelli, happening to call just then, said he would come with us. We en=
tered a wretched room on the third floor of a wretched house, and there we =
beheld a picture of the greatest misery. A woman and five children clothed =
in rags formed the foreground, and in the background was Bottarelli, in an =
old dressing-gown, writing at a table worthy of Philemon and Baucis. He ros=
e as we came in, and the sight of him moved me to compassion. I said,-- &qu=
ot;Do you know me, sir?" "No, sir, I do not." "I am Cas=
anova, against whom you bore false witness; whom you tried to cast into New=
gate." "I am very sorry, but look around you and say what choice =
have I? I have no bread to give my children. I will do as much in your favo=
ur another time for nothing." "Are you not afraid of the gallows?=
" "No, for perjury is not punished with death; besides it is very=
difficult to prove." "I have heard you are a poet." "Y=
es. I have lengthened the Didone and abridged the Demetrio." "You=
are a great poet, indeed!" I felt more contempt than hatred for the r=
ascal, and gave his wife a guinea, for which she presented me with a wretch=
ed pamphlet by her husband: "The Secrets of the Freemasons Displayed.&=
quot; Bottarelli had been a monk in his native city, Pisa, and had fled to =
England with his wife, who had been a nun. About this time M. de Saa surpri=
sed me by giving me a letter from my fair Portuguese, which confirmed the s=
ad fate of poor Clairmont. Pauline said she was married to Count Al----. I =
was astonished to hear M. de Saa observe that he had known all about Paulin=
e from the moment she arrived in London. That is the hobby of all diplomati=
sts; they like people to believe that they are omniscient. However, M. de S=
aa was a man of worth and talent, and one could excuse this weakness as an =
incident inseparable from his profession; while most diplomatists only make=
themselves ridiculous by their assumption of universal knowledge. M. de Sa=
a had been almost as badly treated by the Charpillon as myself, and we migh=
t have condoled with one another, but the subject was not mentioned. A few =
days afterwards, as I was walking idly about, I passed a place called the P=
arrot Market. As I was amusing myself by looking at these curious birds, I =
saw a fine young one in a cage, and asked what language it spoke. They told=
me that it was quite young and did not speak at all yet, so I bought it fo=
r ten guineas. I thought I would teach the bird a pretty speech, so I had t=
he cage hung by my bed, and repeated dozens of times every day the followin=
g sentence: "The Charpillon is a bigger wh--e than her mother." T=
he only end I had in view was my private amusement, and in a fortnight the =
bird had learnt the phrase with the utmost exactness; and every time it utt=
ered the words it accompanied them with a shriek of laughter which I had no=
t taught it, but which made me laugh myself. One day Gondar heard the bird,=
and told me that if I sent it to the Exchange I should certainly get fifty=
guineas for it. I welcomed the idea, and resolved to make the parrot the i=
nstrument of my vengeance against the woman who had treated me so badly. I =
secured myself from fear of the law, which is severe in such cases, by entr=
usting the bird to my negro, to whom such merchandise was very suitable. Fo=
r the first two or three days my parrot did not attract much attention, its=
observations being in French; but as soon as those who knew the subject of=
them had heard it, its audience increased and bids were made. Fifty guinea=
s seemed rather too much, and my negro wanted me to lower the price, but I =
would not agree, having fallen in love with this odd revenge. In the course=
of a week Goudar came to inform me of the effect the parrot's criticism ha=
d produced in the Charpillon family. As the vendor was my negro, there coul=
d be no doubt as to whom it belonged, and who had been its master of langua=
ges. Goudar said that the Charpillon thought my vengeance very ingenious, b=
ut that the mother and aunts were furious. They had consulted several couns=
el, who agreed in saying that a parrot could not be indicted for libel, but=
that they could make me pay dearly for my jest if they could prove that I =
had been the bird's instructor. Goudar warned me to be careful of owning to=
the fact, as two witnesses would suffice to undo me. The facility with whi=
ch false witnesses may be produced in London is something dreadful. I have =
myself seen the word evidence written in large characters in a window; this=
is as much as to say that false witnesses may be procured within. The St. =
James's Chronicle contained an article on my parrot, in which the writer re=
marked that the ladies whom the bird insulted must be very poor and friendl=
ess, or they would have bought it at once, and have thus prevented the thin=
g from becoming the talk of the town. He added,-- "The teacher of the =
parrot has no doubt made the bird an instrument of his vengeance, and has d=
isplayed his wit in doing so; he ought to be an Englishman." I met my =
good friend Edgar, and asked him why he had not bought the little slanderer=
"Because it delights all who know anything about the object of the s=
lander," said he. At last Jarbe found a purchaser for fifty guineas, a=
nd I heard afterwards that Lord Grosvenor had bought it to please the Charp=
illon, with whom he occasionally diverted himself. Thus my relations with t=
hat girl came to an end. I have seen her since with the greatest indifferen=
ce, and without any renewal of the old pain. One day, as I was going into S=
t. James's Park, I saw two girls drinking milk in a room on the ground floo=
r of a house. They called out to me, but not knowing them I passed on my wa=
y. However, a young officer of my acquaintance came after me and said they =
were Italians, and being curious to see them I retracted my steps. When I e=
ntered the room I was accosted by the scoundrelly Pocchini, dressed in a mi=
litary uniform, who said he had the honour of introducing me to his daughte=
rs. "Indeed," said I, "I remember two other daughters of you=
rs robbing me of a snuff-box and two watches at Stuttgart." "You =
lie!" said the impudent rascal. I gave him no verbal answer, but took =
up a glass of milk and flung it in his face, and then left the room without=
more ado. I was without my sword. The young officer who had brought me int=
o the place followed me and told me I must not go without giving his friend=
some satisfaction. "Tell him to come out, and do you escort him to th=
e Green Park, and I shall have the pleasure of giving him a caning in your =
presence, unless you would like to fight for him; if so, you must let me go=
home and get my sword. But do you know this man whom you call your friend?=
" "No, but he is an officer, and it is I that brought him here.&q=
uot; "Very good, I will fight to the last drop of my blood; but I warn=
you your friend is a thief. But go; I will await you." In the course =
of a quarter of an hour they all came out, but the Englishman and Pocchini =
followed me alone. There were a good many people about, and I went before t=
hem till we reached Hyde Park. Pocchini attempted to speak to me, but I rep=
lied, lifting my cane,-- "Scoundrel, draw your sword, unless you want =
me to give you a thrashing!" "I will never draw upon a defenceles=
s man." I gave him a blow with my cane by way of answer, and the cowar=
d, instead of drawing his sword, began to cry out that I wished to draw him=
into a fight. The Englishman burst out laughing and begged me to pardon hi=
s interference, and then, taking me by the arm, said,-- "Come along, s=
ir, I see you know the gentleman." The coward went off in another dire=
ction, grumbling as he went. On the way I informed the officer of the very =
good reasons I had for treating Pocchini as a rogue, and he agreed that I h=
ad been perfectly right. "Unfortunately," he added, "I am in=
love with one of his daughters." When we were in the midst of St. Jam=
es's Park we saw them, and I could not help laughing when I noticed Goudar =
with one of them on each side. "How did you come to know these ladies?=
" said I. "Their father the captain," he answered, "has=
sold me jewels; he introduced me to them." "Where did you leave =
our father?" asked one. "In Hyde Park, after giving him a caning.=
" "You served him quite right." The young Englishman was ind=
ignant to hear them approving my ill- treatment of their father, and shook =
my hand and went away, swearing to me that he would never be seen in their =
company again. A whim of Goudar's, to which I was weak enough to consent, m=
ade me dine with these miserable women in a tavern on the borders of London=
The rascally Goudar made them drunk, and in this state they told some ter=
rible truths about their pretended father. He did not live with them, but p=
aid them nocturnal visits in which he robbed them of all the money they had=
earned. He was their pander, and made them rob their visitors instructing =
them to pass it off as a joke if the theft was discovered. They gave him th=
e stolen articles, but he never said what he did with them. I could not hel=
p laughing at this involuntary confession, remembering what Goudar had said=
about Pocchini selling him jewels. After this wretched meal I went away le=
aving the duty of escorting them back to Goudar. He came and saw me the nex=
t day, and informed me that the girls had been arrested and taken to prison=
just as they were entering their house. "I have just been to Pocchini=
's," said he, "but the landlord tells me he has not been in since=
yesterday." The worthy and conscientious Goudar added that he did not=
care if he never saw him again, as he owed the fellow ten guineas for a wa=
tch, which his daughters had probably stolen, and which was well worth doub=
le. Four days later I saw him again, and he informed me that the rascal had=
left London with a servant-maid, whom he had engaged at a registry office =
where any number of servants are always ready to take service with the firs=
t comer. The keeper of the office answers for their fidelity. "The gir=
l he has gone with is a pretty one, from what the man tells me, and they ha=
ve taken ship from London. I am sorry he went away before I could pay him f=
or the watch; I am dreading every moment to meet the individual from whom i=
t was stolen." I never heard what became of the girls, but Pocchini wi=
ll re-appear on the scene in due course. I led a tranquil and orderly life,=
which I should have been pleased to continue for the remainder of my days;=
but circumstances and my destiny ordered it otherwise, and against these i=
t is not becoming in a Christian philosopher to complain. I went several ti=
mes to see my daughter at her school, and I also frequented the British Mus=
eum, where I met Dr. Mati. One day I found an Anglican minister with him, a=
nd I asked the clergyman how many different sects there were in England. &q=
uot;Sir," he replied in very tolerable Italian, "no one can give =
a positive answer to that question, for every week some sect dies and some =
new one is brought into being. All that is necessary is for a man of good f=
aith, or some rogue desirous of money or notoriety, to stand in some freque=
nted place and begin preaching. He explains some texts of the Bible in his =
own fashion, and if he pleases the gapers around him they invite him to exp=
ound next Sunday, often in a tavern. He keeps the appointment and explains =
his new doctrines in a spirited manner. Then people begin to talk of him; h=
e disputes with ministers of other sects; he and his followers give themsel=
ves a name, and the thing is done. Thus, or almost thus, are all the numero=
us English sects produced." About this time M. Steffano Guerra, a nobl=
e Venetian who was travelling with the leave of his Government, lost a case=
against an English painter who had executed a miniature painting of one of=
the prettiest ladies in London, Guerra having given a written promise to p=
ay twenty-five guineas. When it was finished Guerra did not like it, and wo=
uld not take it or pay the price. The Englishman, in accordance with the En=
glish custom, began by arresting his debtor; but Guerra was released on bai=
l, and brought the matter before the courts, which condemned him to pay the=
twenty-five guineas. He appealed, lost again, and was in the end obliged t=
o pay. Guerra contented that he had ordered a portrait, that a picture bear=
ing no likeness to the lady in question was not a portrait, and that he had=
therefore a right to refuse payment. The painter replied that it was a por=
trait as it had been painted from life. The judgment was that the painter m=
ust live by his trade, and that as Guerra had given him painting to do he m=
ust therefore provide him with the wherewithal to live, seeing that the art=
ist swore he had done his best to catch the likeness. Everybody thought thi=
s sentence just, and so did I; but I confess it also seemed rather hard, es=
pecially to Guerra, who with costs had to pay a hundred guineas for the min=
iature. Malingan's daughter died just as her father received a public box o=
n the ear from a nobleman who liked piquet, but did not like players who co=
rrected the caprices of fortune. I gave the poor wretch the wherewithal to =
bury his daughter and to leave England. He died soon after at Liege, and hi=
s wife told me of the circumstance, saying that he had expired regretting h=
is inability to pay his debts. M. M---- F---- came to London as the represe=
ntative of the canton of Berne, and I called, but was not received. I suspe=
cted that he had got wind of the liberties I had taken with pretty Sara, an=
d did not want me to have an opportunity for renewing them. He was a somewh=
at eccentric man, so I did not take offence, and had almost forgotten all a=
bout it when chance led me to the Marylebone Theatre one evening. The spect=
ators sat at little tables, and the charge for admittance was only a shilli=
ng, but everyone was expected to order something, were it only a pot of ale=
On going into the theatre I chanced to sit down beside a girl whom I did =
not notice at first, but soon after I came in she turned towards me, and I =
beheld a ravishing profile which somehow seemed familiar; but I attributed =
that to the idea of perfect beauty that was graven on my soul. The more I l=
ooked at her the surer I felt that I had never seen her before, though a sm=
ile of inexpressible slyness had begun to play about her lips. One of her g=
loves fell, and I hastened to restore it to her, whereupon she thanked me i=
n a few well-chosen French sentences. "Madam is not English, then?&quo=
t; said I, respectfully. "No, sir, I am a Swiss, and a friend of yours=
" At this I looked round, and on my right hand sat Madame M---- F----=
, then her eldest daughter, then her husband. I got up, and after bowing to=
the lady, for whom I had a great esteem, I saluted her husband, who only r=
eplied by a slight movement of the head. I asked Madame M---- F---- what he=
r husband had against me, and she said that Possano had written to him tell=
ing some dreadful stories about me. There was not time for me to explain an=
d justify myself, so I devoted all my energies to the task of winning the d=
aughter's good graces. In three years she had grown into a perfect beauty: =
she knew it, and by her blushes as she spoke to me I knew she was thinking =
of what had passed between us in the presence of my housekeeper. I was anxi=
ous to find out whether she would acknowledge the fact, or deny it altogeth=
er. If she had done so I should have despised her. When I had seen her befo=
re, the blossom of her beauty was still in the bud, now it had opened out i=
n all its splendour. "Charming Sara," I said, "you have so e=
nchanted me that I cannot help asking you a couple of questions, which if y=
ou value my peace of mind you will answer. Do you remember what happened at=
Berne?" "Yes." "And do you repent of what you did?&quo=
t; "No." No man of any delicacy could ask the third question, whi=
ch may be understood. I felt sure that Sara would make me happy-nay, that s=
he was even longing for the moment, and gave reins to my passions, determin=
ed to convince her that I was deserving of her love. The waiter came to enq=
uire if we had any orders, and I begged Madame M---- F---- to allow me to o=
ffer her some oysters. After the usual polite refusals she gave in, and I p=
rofited by her acceptance to order all the delicacies of the season, includ=
ing a hare (a great delicacy in London), champagne, choice liqueurs, larks,=
ortolans, truffles, sweetmeats--everything, in fact, that money could buy,=
and I was not at all surprised when the bill proved to amount to ten guine=
as. But I was very much surprised when M. M---- F----, who had eaten like a=
Turk and drunk like a Swiss, said calmly that it was too dear. I begged hi=
m politely not to trouble himself about the cost; and by way of proving tha=
t I did not share his opinion, I gave the waiter half-a-guinea; the worthy =
man looked as if he wished that such customers came more often. The Swiss, =
who had been pale and gloomy enough a short while before; was rubicund and =
affable. Sara glanced at me and squeezed my hand; I had conquered. When the=
play was over, M---- F---- asked me if I would allow him to call on me. I =
embraced him in reply. His servant came in, and said that he could not find=
a coach; and I, feeling rather surprised that he had not brought his carri=
age, offered him the use of mine, telling my man to get me a sedan-chair. &=
quot;I accept your kind offer," said he, "on the condition that y=
ou allow me to occupy the chair." I consented to this arrangement, and=
took the mother and the two daughters with me in the carriage. On the way,=
Madame M---- F---- was very polite, gently blaming her husband for the rud=
eness of which I had to complain. I said that I would avenge myself by payi=
ng an assiduous court to him in the future; but she pierced me to the heart=
by saying that they were on the point of departing. "We wanted to go =
on the day after next," she said, "and to-morrow we shall have to=
leave our present rooms to their new occupants. A matter of business which=
my husband was not able to conclude will oblige us to stay for another wee=
k, and to- morrow we shall have the double task of moving and finding new a=
partments." "Then you have not yet got new rooms?" "No,=
but my husband says he is certain to find some to-morrow morning." &q=
uot;Furnished, I suppose, for as you intend to leave you will be selling, y=
our furniture." "Yes, and we shall have to pay the expenses of ca=
rriage to the buyer." On hearing that M. M---- F---- was sure of findi=
ng lodgings, I was precluded from offering to accommodate them in my own ho=
use, as the lady might think that I only made the offer because I was sure =
it would not be accepted. When we got to the door of their house we alighte=
d, and the mother begged me to come in. She and her husband slept on the se=
cond floor, and the two girls on the third. Everything was upside down, and=
as Madame M---- F---- had something to say to the landlady she asked me to=
go up with her daughters. It was cold, and the room we entered had no fire=
in it. The sister went into the room adjoining and I stayed with Sara, and=
all of a sudden I clasped her to my breast, and feeling that her desires w=
ere as ardent as mine I fell with her on to a sofa where we mingled our bei=
ngs in all the delights of voluptuous ardours. But this happiness was short=
lived; scarcely was the work achieved when we heard a footstep on the stai=
r. It was the father. If M---- F---- had had any eyes he must have found us=
out, for my face bore the marks of agitation, the nature of which it was e=
asy to divine. We exchanged a few brief compliments; I shook his hand and d=
isappeared. I was in such a state of excitement when I got home that I made=
up my mind to leave England and to follow Sara to Switzerland. In the nigh=
t I formed my plans, and resolved to offer the family my house during the t=
ime they stayed in England, and if necessary to force them to accept my off=
er. In the morning I hastened to call on M---- F----, and found him on his =
doorstep. "I am going to try and get a couple of rooms," said he.=
"They are already found," I replied. "My house is at your s=
ervice, and you must give me the preference. Let us come upstairs." &q=
uot;Everybody is in bed." "Never mind," said I, and we proce=
eded to go upstairs. Madame M---- F---- apologized for being in bed. Her hu=
sband told her that I wanted to let them some rooms, but I laughed and said=
I desired they would accept my hospitality as that of a friend. After some=
polite denials my offer was accepted, and it was agreed that the whole fam=
ily should take up their quarters with me in the evening. I went home, and =
was giving the necessary orders when I was told that two young ladies wishe=
d to see me. I went down in person, and I was agreeably surprised to see Sa=
ra and her sister. I asked them to come in, and Sara told me that the landl=
ady would not let their belongings out of the house before her father paid =
a debt of forty guineas, although a city merchant had assured her it should=
be settled in a week. The long and snort of it was that Sara's father had =
sent me a bill and begged me to discount it. I took the bill and gave her a=
bank note for fifty pounds in exchange, telling her that she could give me=
the change another time. She thanked me with great simplicity and went her=
way, leaving me delighted with the confidence she had placed in me. The fa=
ct of M. M---- F----'s wanting forty guineas did not make me divine that he=
was in some straits, for I looked at everything through rose-coloured glas=
ses, and was only too happy to be of service to him. I made a slight dinner=
in order to have a better appetite for supper, and spent the afternoon in =
writing letters. In the evening M. M---- F----'s man came with three great =
trunks and innumerable card-board boxes, telling me that the family would s=
oon follow; but I awaited them in vain till nine o'clock. I began to get al=
armed and went to the house, where I found them all in a state of consterna=
tion. Two ill-looking fellows who were in the room enlightened me; and assu=
ming a jovial and unconcerned air, I said,-- "I'll wager, now, that th=
is is the work of some fierce creditor." "You are right," an=
swered the father, "but I am sure of discharging the debt in five or s=
ix days, and that's why I put off my departure." "Then you were a=
rrested after you had sent on your trunks." "Just after." &q=
uot;And what have you done?" "I have sent for bail." "W=
hy did you not send to me?" "Thank you, I am grateful for your ki=
ndness, but you are a foreigner, and sureties have to be householders."=
; "But you ought to have told me what had happened, for I have got you=
an excellent supper, and I am dying of hunger." It was possible that =
this debt might exceed my means, so I did not dare to offer to pay it. I to=
ok Sara aside, and on hearing that all his trouble was on account of a debt=
of a hundred and fifty pounds, I asked the bailiff whether we could go awa=
y if the debt was paid. "Certainly," said he, shewing me the bill=
of exchange. I took out three bank notes of fifty pounds each, and gave th=
em to the man, and taking the bill I said to the poor Swiss,-- "You sh=
all pay me the money before you leave England." The whole family wept =
with joy, and after embracing them all I summoned them to come and sup with=
me and forget the troubles of life. We drove off to my house and had a mer=
ry supper, though the worthy mother could not quite forget her sadness. Aft=
er supper I took them to the rooms which had been prepared for them, and wi=
th which they were delighted, and so I wished them good night, telling them=
that they should be well entertained till their departure, and that I hope=
d to follow them into Switzerland. When I awoke the next day I was in a hap=
py frame of mind. On examining my desires I found that they had grown too s=
trong to be overcome, but I did not wish to overcome them. I loved Sara, an=
d I felt so certain of possessing her that I put all desires out of my mind=
; desires are born only of doubt, and doubt torments the soul. Sara was min=
e; she had given herself to me out of pure passion, without any shadow of s=
elf-interest. I went to the father's room, and found him engaged in opening=
his trunks. His wife looked sad, so I asked her if she were not well. She =
replied that her health was perfect, but that the thought of the sea voyage=
troubled her sorely. The father begged me to excuse him at breakfast as he=
had business to attend to. The two young ladies came down, and after we ha=
d breakfast I asked the mother why they were unpacking their trunks so shor=
t a time before starting. She smiled and said that one trunk would be ample=
for all their possessions, as they had resolved to sell all superfluities.=
As I had seen some beautiful dresses, fine linen, and exquisite lace, I co=
uld not refrain from saying that it would be a great pity to sell cheaply w=
hat would have to be replaced dearly.</p>=20
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