XXIX. I TAKE SANCTUARY
XXX. I MARRY AND GO TO LUCCA
XXXI. MY ADVENTURES AT THE INN
XXXII. WE LIVE HAPPILY IN LUCCA
XXXIII. TREACHERY WORKS AGAINST US
XXXIV. I FALL IN WITH THE PLAYERS
XXXV. TEMPTED IN SIENA, BELVISO SAVES ME
XXXVI. MY UNREHEARSED EFFECT AND ITS MIDNIGHT SEQUEL
XXXVII. I COMMIT A DOUBLE MURDER
XXXVIII. AN UNEXPECTED MESSENGER LIFTS ME UP
XXXIX. VIRGINIA DECLINES THE HEIGHTS
XL. I GET RID OF MY ENEMY AND PART FROM MY FRIEND
XLI. I RETURN TO FLORENCE AND THE WORLD OF FASHION
XLII. I STAND AT A CROSS-ROAD
XLIII. AGITATIONS AT THE VILLA SAN GIORGIO
XLIV. I CONFRONT MY ENEMIES
XLV. THE MEETING
XLVI. THE DISCOVERY
XLVII. THE FINAL PROOF
XLVIII. THE LAST




INTRODUCTION


The top-heavy, four-horsed, yellow old coach from Vicenza, which arrived
at Padua every night of the year, brought with it in particular on the
night of October 13, 1721, a tall, personable young man, an Englishman,