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d, and in one case a boy for a girl, thus giving him the enjoyment of property which did not belong to him. This pamphlet of the prelate reduced the patrons of the infamous midwife to silence, for several young noblemen whose mothers had been attended by her did not relish the idea of their family secrets being brought to light. At Bologna I saw Madame Marucci, who had been expelled from Spain for the same reason as Madame Pelliccia. The latter had retired to Rome, while Madame Marucci was on her way to Lucca, her native country. Madame Soavi, a Bolognese dancer whom I had known at Parma and Paris, came to Bologna with her daughter by M. de Marigni. The girl, whose name was Adelaide, was very beautiful, and her natural abilities had been fostered by a careful education. When Madame Soavi got to Bologna she met her husband whom she had not seen for fifteen years. "Here is a treasure for you," said she, shewing him her daughter. "She's certainly very pretty, but what am I to do with her? She does not belong to me." "Yes she does, as I have given her to you. You must know that she has six thousand francs a year, and that I shall be her cashier till I get her married to a good dancer. I want her to learn character dancing, and to make her appearance on the boards. You must take her out on holidays." "What shall I say if people ask me who she is?" "Say she is your daughter, and that you are certain, because your wife gave her to you." "I can't see that." "Ah, you have always stayed at home, and consequently your wits are homely." I heard this curious dialogue which made me laugh then, and makes me laugh now as I write it. I offered to help in Adelaide's education, but Madame Soavi laughed, and said,-- "Fox, you have deceived so many tender pullets, that I don't like to trust you with this one, for fear of your making her too precocious." "I did not think of that, but you are right." Adelaide became the wonder of Bologna. A year after I left the Comte du Barri, brother-in-law of the famous mistress of Louis XV., visited Bologna, and became so amorous of Adelaide that her mother sent her away, fearing he would carry her off. Du Barri offered her a hundred thousand francs for the girl, but she refused the offer. I saw Adelaide five years later on the boards of a Venetian theatre. When I went to congratulate her, she said,-- "My mother brought me into the world, and I think she will sen
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