His reward was that which his love for me induced him to ask, and I granted the reward without feeling any humiliation, for I worshipped him.

Of course, men like yourself are much above men of his species, but Salimberi was an exception.

His beauty, his manners, his talent, and the rare qualities of his soul, made him superior in my eyes to all the men I had seen until then.

He was modest and reserved, rich and generous, and I doubt whether he could have found a woman able to resist him; yet I never heard him boast of having seduced any.

The mutilation practised upon his body had made him a monster, but he was an angel by his rare qualities and endowments.
"Salimberi was at that time educating a boy of the same age as myself, who was in Rimini with a music teacher.