By Le Sage
Historical past OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE. ebook the 1st. CHA'P'fER. I.-The birlk and educatio1t of Gil BIas. :My father, Bias of Santillane, after having borne nons for a very long time in tile Spanish carrier, rebred"to his local position. There he married a chamber-maid who used to be now not precisely in her teenagers, and that i made my d(but in this degree ten months after marriage. They afterwards went to dwell at Oviedo, the place my motl1er obtained into provider, and my father acquired [l state of affairs both tailored to his capacities as a squire. As their wages have been their fortune, i would have gotten my schooling ns i'll, had it no longer been for an uncle of mine within the city, a canon, by means of identify Gil Pe~ He used to be mymotber's eldest brother, and my godfather. determine to yourse f a bit fellow, 3 ft and a part excessive, as fats as you could conceive, with a head sunk deep among bis shoulders. and you have got my uncle to the existence. For the remainder of his features, he was once an ecclesiastic, and naturally considered nothiDg buTable of Contents CONTENTS; ebook the 1st; tJ:IIAr I-The beginning and schooling of Gil BIas web page I; t:UAP H-Gil BIas' alarm on his street to Pegnafior; his adventures on his arrival; in that city j and the nature of the lads with whom he supped 2; ZHAl' IIl-The muleteer's temptation at the highway; its outcomes, and the; scenario of Gil Bias among Scylla and Charybdis 6; :HAl' IV-Description of the subterraneous residing and its contents eight; ~Ar V-The arrival of the banditti within the subterraneous retreat, with an ac·; count number in their friendly dialog nine; :HAP VI-The try of Gil BIas to flee, and its luck thirteen; CHAP VII-Gil BIas, Dot having the ability to do what he likes,docswhat he can 15; ~HAP VIII-Gil BIas is going out with the group, and plays an make the most at the; street sixteen; ~HAl' IX-A extra critical incident 17; CHAP X-The lady's treatmcnt from the
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For he told me more than once what a miracle of good faith he considered me, and my husband's fate as enviable in this respect, however lamentable in others. In a word, he was struck with me at first sight, and did not wait for a review of my pretensions, but at once took the resolution of making me his wife. The intervention of my kinswoman was adopted as the means of inducing me to accept his proposal. She paid me a visit; and in the course of conversation, pleaded, that as my husband had submitted to the decree of Providence in the kingdom of Fez, according to very credible accounts, it was no longer rational to coop up my charms.
A warrant was out against us; but some good-natured friend, thinking it a pity we should be nipped in the bud, gave us a caution. We took to our heels, and rose in our vocation to the rank of highwaymen. From that time forth, gentlemen, with a blessing on my endeavours, I have gone on till I am almost the father of the profession, in spite of the dangers to which it is exposed. Here the captain ended, and it came to the turn of the lieutenant. Gentle men, extremes are said to meet; -- and so it will appear from a comparison of our commander's education and mine.
I am afraid, indeed, my strength is not equal to lifting the trap at the entrance. However, let us see. Faint heart never won fair lady. Despair will lend me new force, and who knows but I may succeed? Thus was the train laid for a grand attempt. I got up as soon as Leonarda and Domingo were likely to be asleep. With the lamp in my hand, I stole out of the vault, putting up my prayers to all the spirits in paradise, and ten miles round. It was with no small difficulty that I threaded all the windings of this new labyrinth.