Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 14: Switzerland

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Eternal Quest: Switzerland by Jacques Casanova de SeingaltThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Eternal Quest: Switzerland The Memoirs Of Jacques Casanova De Seingalt 1725-1798Author: Jacques Casanova de SeingaltRelease Date: October 31, 2006 [EBook #2964]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ETERNAL QUEST: SWITZERLAND ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA de SEINGALT 1725-1798THE ETERNAL QUEST, Volume 3d—SWITZERLANDTHE RARE UNABRIDGED LONDON EDITION OF 1894 TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR MACHEN TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED THE CHAPTERS DISCOVEREDBY ARTHUR SYMONS.THE ETERNAL QUESTSWITZERLANDCHAPTER XIIII Resolve to Become a Monk—I go to Confession—Delay of aFortnight—Giustiniani, the Apostle Capuchin—I Alter my Mind; MyReasons—My Pranks at the Inn—I Dine With the AbbotThe cool way in which the abbot told these cock-and-bull stories gave me an inclination to laughter, which the holiness ofthe place and the laws of politeness had much difficulty in restraining. All the same I listened with such an attentive air thathis reverence was delighted with me and asked where I was staying."Nowhere," said I; "I came from Zurich on foot, and my first visit was to your church."I do ...