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ti6 A TOUR THROUGH
casf a damp on the heart of any man but
Fra Pasqual; but the monasfic life had not
yet enervated him; he was accustomed
to danger, and loved a few difficulties :
however, as in his present character he
could not be on a footing with his rival,
he thought it best only to make use of
prudence and slratagem to supplant him :
these are the ecclesiaslical arms, and they
have generally been found too hard for the
military*
The lady promised him an interview as
soon as the court mould go to Portici,
where the lifeguard-man's duty obliged
him to attend the king. Pasqual waited
with impatience for some time; at last
the wished-for night arrived; the king set
osf, after the opera, with all his guards.
Pasqual flew like lightning to the arms
of his mistress; the preliminaries were
soon settled, and the happy lovers had just
fallen asseep, when they were suddenly
alarmed
casf a damp on the heart of any man but
Fra Pasqual; but the monasfic life had not
yet enervated him; he was accustomed
to danger, and loved a few difficulties :
however, as in his present character he
could not be on a footing with his rival,
he thought it best only to make use of
prudence and slratagem to supplant him :
these are the ecclesiaslical arms, and they
have generally been found too hard for the
military*
The lady promised him an interview as
soon as the court mould go to Portici,
where the lifeguard-man's duty obliged
him to attend the king. Pasqual waited
with impatience for some time; at last
the wished-for night arrived; the king set
osf, after the opera, with all his guards.
Pasqual flew like lightning to the arms
of his mistress; the preliminaries were
soon settled, and the happy lovers had just
fallen asseep, when they were suddenly
alarmed