I therefore feel myself compelled to ask you not only to quit my service, but even to leave Rome.

I undertake to supply you with an honourable pretext for your departure, so as to insure you the continuation of the respect which you may have secured through the marks of esteem I have bestowed upon you.

I promise you to whisper in the ear of any person you may choose, and even to inform everybody, that you are going on an important mission which I have entrusted to you.

You have only to name the country where you want to go; I have friends everywhere, and can recommend you to such purpose that you will be sure to find employment.

My letters of recommendation will be in my own handwriting, and nobody need know where you are going.