I will send you a phaeton, and I trust that some lucky accident will smile upon our love." "Oh! yes, do, dearest! I am sure your invitation will be accepted:" In a quarter of an hour the rest of the family came in, and I proffered my invitation for the following Sunday, which happened to be the Festival of St.Ursula, patroness of Lucrezia's youngest sister.

I begged Donna Cecilia to bring her as well as her son.

My proposal being readily accepted, I gave notice that the phaeton would be at Donna Cecilia's door at seven o'clock, and that I would come myself with a carriage for two persons.
The next day I went to M.Dalacqua, and, after my lesson, I saw Barbara who, passing from one room to another, dropped a paper and earnestly looked at me.

I felt bound to pick it up, because a servant, who was at hand, might have seen it and taken it.

It was a letter, enclosing another addressed to her lover.