Your sister and your brothers have been provided with a comfortable home; therefore, everything is now arranged for the best." I called at once upon M.Rosa, to whom I explained all that had taken place, and his advice being to give way to M.Grimani's wishes, I determined to follow it.

Besides, the arrangement offered the best satisfaction I could obtain, as to be a guest at his dinner table was an honour for me.

I was likewise full of curiosity respecting my new lodging under the same roof with La Tintoretta, who was much talked of, owing to a certain Prince of Waldeck who was extravagantly generous with her.
The bishop was expected in the course of the summer; I had, therefore, only six months more to wait in Venice before taking the road which would lead me, perhaps, to the throne of Saint Peter: everything in the future assumed in my eyes the brightest hue, and my imagination revelled amongst the most radiant beams of sunshine; my castles in the air were indeed most beautiful.
I dined the same day with M.Grimani, and I found myself seated next to Razetta--an unpleasant neighbour, but I took no notice of him.

When the meal was over, I paid a last visit to my beautiful house in Saint-Samuel's parish, and sent all I possessed in a gondola to my new lodging.
I did not know Signora Tintoretta, but I was well acquainted with her reputation, character and manners.

She was but a poor dancer, neither handsome nor plain, but a woman of wit and intellect.