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"You jest, reverend father, surely; my nephew is a cavalier of

consideration in the world, as he should be; but in his relations

with me, he is but a child, and will do neither more nor less

than I prescribe to him. And, moreover, he shall never know it.

The thing is done between ourselves; there is no necessity for

rendering an account to him. Let not that give you any

uneasiness; I am accustomed to keep silence on important

subjects. As to the idle talk of others, what can be said? It is

a very common thing to see a friar leave one place to go and

preach at another."

"However, in order to prevent malicious observations, it would be

necessary, on this occasion, that the nephew of your excellency

should give some demonstration of friendship, of deference,-not

for us, but for the order."