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SICILY AND MALTA. 115
this ; and afraid lest the enemy should at
lark get the better of him, he thought it
adviseable to leave at Palermo the character
of sanctity he had acquired, and begin
somewhere else upon a new score. He
embarked for Naples, where he was soon
admitted into a capuchin convent.
As Pasqual knew from experience that
the dull uniformity of the monastic life
required some little amusements to ren-
der it supportable, the first thing he set
about was to find a mistress. He made
love to a lady of easy virtue, who soon
admitted his addresies, but at the same
time informed him that he had a for-
midable rival, who was jealous as a tiger,
and would not fail to put them both to
death, should he discover the intrigue.
This was no other than a lifeguard-man,
a fellow of six feet two inches, with a vast
spada, like that of Goliah, and a monstrous
pair of curled whiskers, that would have
I 2 cast
this ; and afraid lest the enemy should at
lark get the better of him, he thought it
adviseable to leave at Palermo the character
of sanctity he had acquired, and begin
somewhere else upon a new score. He
embarked for Naples, where he was soon
admitted into a capuchin convent.
As Pasqual knew from experience that
the dull uniformity of the monastic life
required some little amusements to ren-
der it supportable, the first thing he set
about was to find a mistress. He made
love to a lady of easy virtue, who soon
admitted his addresies, but at the same
time informed him that he had a for-
midable rival, who was jealous as a tiger,
and would not fail to put them both to
death, should he discover the intrigue.
This was no other than a lifeguard-man,
a fellow of six feet two inches, with a vast
spada, like that of Goliah, and a monstrous
pair of curled whiskers, that would have
I 2 cast