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ONleavingtheCardinalIrepairedtomylodging，whichwasthreemilesdistant，inpanywithasecretaryoftheCardinalreturningtothesamequarters.Ontheroad，thismanneverstoppedaskingmewhatImeanttodowithmyself，andwhatmyowntermsregardingtheappointmentwouldhavebeen.Igavehimonlyonewordbackforanswerwhichwasthat—Iknewall.Whenwecametoourquarters，IfoundPagoloandAscaniothere;andseeingmemuchtroubled，theyimploredmetotellthemwhatwasthematter.Tothepooryoungmen，whowerealldismayed，Isaidforanswer:“To-morrowIshallgiveyoumoneyamplysufficientforyourjourneyhome.Imeanmyselftogoaboutamostimportantbusinesswithoutyou，whichforalongtimeIhavehaditinmymindtodo.”Ourroomadjoinedthatofthesecretary;andIthinkitnotimprobablethathewrotetotheCardinal，andinformedhimofmypurpose.However，Ineverknewanythingforcertainaboutthis.Thenightpassedwithoutsleep，andIkeptwearyingfortheday，inordertocarryoutmyresolution.

NosoonerdiditdawnthanIorderedoutthehorses，mademypreparationsinamoment，andgavethetwoyoungmeneverythingwhichIhadbroughtwithme，andfiftyducatsofgoldinaddition.Ireservedthesamesumformyself，togetherwiththediamondtheDukehadgivenme;Ionlykepttwoshirtsandsomewell-wornriding-clotheswhichIhaduponmyback.Ifounditalmostimpossibletogetfreeofthetwoyoungmen，whoinsistedupongoingwithme，whateverhappened.AtlastIwasobligedtotreatthemwithcontempt，andusethislanguage:“Oneofyouhashisfirstbeard，andtheotherisjustgettingit;andbothofyouhavelearnedasmuchfrommeasIcouldteachinmypoorart，sothatyouarenowthefirstcraftsmenamongtheyouthsofItaly.Areyounotashamedtohavenocouragetoquitthisgo-cart，butmustalwayscreepaboutinleading-strings?Thethingistoodisgraceful!OrifIweretosendyouawaywithoutmoney，whatwouldyousaythen?Come，takeyourselvesoutofmysight，andmayGodblessyouathousandtimes.Farewell!”

Iturnedmyhorseandleftthemweeping.ThenItookmywayalongaveryfairroadthroughaforest，hopingtomakeatleastfortymilesthatday，andreachthemostout-of-the-wayplaceIcould.Ihadalreadyriddenabouttwomiles，andduringthatshorttimehadresolvednevertorevisitanyofthosepartswhereIwasknown.IalsodeterminedtoabandonmyartsosoonasIhadmadeaChristthreecubitsinheight，reproducing，sofarasIwasable，thatinfinitebeautywhichHehadHimselfrevealedtome.Sothen，beingthoroughlyresolved，IturnedmyfacetowardtheHolySepulchre.JustwhenIthoughtIhadgotsofarthatnobodycouldfindme，Iheardhorsesgallopingafter.Theyfilledmewithsomeuneasiness，becausethatdistrictisinfestedwitharaceofbrigands，whobearthenameofVenturers，andareapttomurdermenupontheroad.Thoughnumbersofthemarehangedeveryday，itseemsasthoughtheydidnotcare.However，whentheridersapproached，IfoundtheywereamessengerfromtheKingandmyladAscanio.Theformercameuptomeandsaid:“FromtheKingIorderyoutoeimmediatelytohispresence.”Ireplied:“YouhavebeensentbytheCardinal，andforthisreasonIwillnote.”Themansaidthatsincegentleusagewouldnotbringme，hehadauthoritytoraisethefolk，andtheywouldtakemeboundhandandfootlikeaprisoner.Ascanio，forhispart，didallhecouldtopersuademe，remindingmethatwhentheKingsentamantoprison，hekepthimtherefiveyearsatleastbeforehelethimoutagain.Thiswordabouttheprison，whenIrememberedwhatIhadenduredinRome，strucksuchterrorintome，thatIwheeledmyhorseroundbrisklyandfollowedtheKingsmessenger.HekeptperpetuallychatteringinFrenchthroughallourjourney，uptotheveryprecinctsofthecourt，atonetimebullying，nowsayingonething，thenanother，tillIfeltinclinedtodenyGodandtheworld.

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