had been chosen as arbitrator, and as he had not yet given his decision it was evident that the Republic would shew very great deference to his recommendation.
While that important affair was enlisting all our sympathies, and while they were expecting in Venice a letter stating the effect of the Pope's recommendation, I was the hero of a comic adventure which, for the sake of my readers, must not pass unnoticed.
At the beginning of April I was entirely cured of my last misfortune.

I had recovered all my usual vigour, and I accompanied my converter to church every day, never missing a sermon.

We likewise spent the evening together at the cafe, where we generally met a great many officers.

There was among them a Provencal who amused everybody with his boasting and with the recital of the military exploits by which he pretended to have distinguished himself in the service of several countries, and principally in Spain.

As he was truly a source of amusement, everybody pretended to believe him in order to keep up the game.