The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki

Author:Jan Potocki
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-07-07T19:17:09.921819+00:00

The Twenty-ninth Day

We reassembled early and as the gypsy chief was free, he took up once more the story of his adventures:

THE GYPSY CHIEF’S STORY CONTINUED

After telling me the story of her father, the Duchess of Sidonia did not come for several days. It was la Girona who brought me my basket. She also told me that my affair had been settled, thanks to my Theatine great-uncle on my mother’s side, Fray Gerónimo Sántez. The fact that I had got off was generally well received. The decree of the Inquisition spoke only of imprudence and of two years’ penance. I was only referred to by the initial letters of my name. La Girona passed on a message from aunt Dalanosa that I had to remain in hiding for the two years and that she would return to Madrid, where she would set about securing the income from the quinta, that is, the farm which had been assigned to me.

I asked la Girona if she thought I ought to spend the two years in the vault where I presently was. She replied that that would be safest and that in any case precautions had to be taken for her own safety.

The next day it was the duchess who came. I was delighted because I liked her better than her haughty nurse. I also was keen to hear more of her story. I asked her to continue, which she did as follows:

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