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SICILY AND MALTA. 123
admitted, and listened at the window till
he heard thenTgo to bed together: that if
he did not find this information to be true,
he mould resign himself his prisoner, and
submit to whatever puniihment he mould
think proper.
The officer and his guard delighted
to have such a hold os a Capuchin, (who
pretend to be the very models of san&ity,
and who revile in a particular manner the
licentious life of the military) turned out
with the utmost alacrity, and, under the
conduct of Pasqual, surrounded the lady's
home. Pasqual began thundering at the
door ; and demanded entrance for the
officer and his guard. The unhappy sol-
dier waking with the noise, and not doubt-
ing that it was a detachment sent to seize
him, gave himself up to despair, and in-
stantly took shelter in the very place that
Pasqual had so lately occupied; at the
sassie time laying hold of all the things he
found
admitted, and listened at the window till
he heard thenTgo to bed together: that if
he did not find this information to be true,
he mould resign himself his prisoner, and
submit to whatever puniihment he mould
think proper.
The officer and his guard delighted
to have such a hold os a Capuchin, (who
pretend to be the very models of san&ity,
and who revile in a particular manner the
licentious life of the military) turned out
with the utmost alacrity, and, under the
conduct of Pasqual, surrounded the lady's
home. Pasqual began thundering at the
door ; and demanded entrance for the
officer and his guard. The unhappy sol-
dier waking with the noise, and not doubt-
ing that it was a detachment sent to seize
him, gave himself up to despair, and in-
stantly took shelter in the very place that
Pasqual had so lately occupied; at the
sassie time laying hold of all the things he
found