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fentleman said that Alberto id never come into the city without returning heavily and richly laden , namely , with the Grand Duke . But a few looked
very sullen , it might be because they would be disappointed of the gala in the evening ; for I found that the Duke went attended very slightly . Whilst they were talking of these
things , which I only half understood , because of their newness , the Grand Duke made signs to me , and I drew nigh . ic Signor Lessile , " * said he ( for so he calls me , not being ready at my name ) , I must take you
with me , with Signor Alberto ' s good leave . " Signor Alberto took me by the hand , and said that he should be proud to take me home with him , if I could pardon his rude entertainment . And so we set forth . Now I
found that only two gentlemen went besides the Grand Duke and me . The tall lackey held Signor Alberto ' s stirrup , and rode behind him with his fellow
as before . Signor Alberto ' s house lay a mile or so without the walls , up a pleasant hill , in a vineyard . As we passed in at the gate , > one of the gentlemen who accompanied us , whom
I knew very well , said to me , " You should know , Sir , that as soon as ever the Duke passes these gates , he will not be called by his title any more , nor be
treated in any respect differently from other gentlemen . He says , with a most pleasant and true conceit , that this is the Land of Goodness , where
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Signor Alberto is sovereignn and , but with less veracity , thaa himself is not of very high ranhl therein / ' " What then , Sinz does it please his Highness to bo « styled ? " " Signor Lorenzoo nothing more ; and it displeasee : him to be treated with
cereemqny . " We spent long time in the * gardens most pleasantly , beingg served with sherbet , and fruits * , and ices , and greedily devouiving the discourses of Signon
Alberto and the Grand Duke , , and admiring that the Grand ! Duke was always called plain Master Laurence , and did discourse most pleasantly , andl methought he never seemed so »
merry . Presently we were called in to a goodly entertainment which had been prepared for us . Signor Alberto took his place at the head of the table , with the Grand Duke on his right hand , and me on his left . The tall
lackey , not forgetting his duties , which he filled so strangely , placed himself , not behind the Grand Duke , but behind Signor
Alberto ; and he served him during the dinner so eagerly , that it seemed to me , now that he was an officious servitor , now a most dutiful and tender son .
The Grand Duke sometimes spake with him pleasantly , and he answered easily , like one bred to a high station , showing a ready wit ; but withal respectfully , and like one who was something melancholy .
Truly the time we spent with Signor Alberto was most plea *
• Mr John Leslie , the writer of the Diary .
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A Gentleman ' s Remorse . Ill
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 1, 1837, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1834/page/39/
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