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THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF
SANTILLANE
ByAlain-René Lesage
Translated from the French
ByTobias Smollett
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.comPublic Domain
ALAIN-RENÉ LESAGE
-2-CONTENTS
Bibliographic Note and Acknowlegdements.................................................................9
The Author's Declaration.............................................................................................10
Gil Blas to the Reader..................................................................................................11
Introduction by Wm. Morton Fullerton.......................................................................12
HISTORY OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE.
BOOK THE FIRST.
CH. I. -- The birth and education of Gil Blas. .............................................................22
CH. II -- Gil Blas' alarm on his road to Pegnaflor; his adventures on his arrival in that town; and the character of the men with whom he supped..........................................24 CH III. -- The muleteer's temptation on the road; its consequences, and the situation ofGil Blas between Scylla and Charybdis.......................................................................29
CH IV. -- Description of the subterraneous dwelling and its contents........................31 CH V. -- The arrival of the banditti in the subterraneous retreat, with an account oftheir pleasant conversation...........................................................................................33
CH VI. -- The attempt of Gil Blas to escape, and its success......................................37 CH VII. -- Gil Blas, not being able to do what he likes, does what he can.................39 CH VIII. -- Gil Blas goes out with the gang, and performs an exploit on theCH. IX. -- A more serious incident..............................................................................42
CH. X. -- The lady's treatment from the robbers. The event of the great design,conceived by Gil Blas..................................................................................................44
CH. XI -- The history of Donna Mencia de Mosquera................................................47CH. XII. -- A disagreeable interruption.......................................................................51
CH. XIII. -- The lucky means by which Gil Blas escaped from prison, and his travels CH. XIV. -- Donna Mencia's reception of him at Burgos. ..........................................55 CH. XV. -- Gil Blas dresses himself to more advantage, and receives a second presentfrom the lady. His equipage on setting out from Burgos.............................................57
CH. XVI. -- Showing that prosperity will slip through a man's fingers. .....................60 CH. XVII. -- The measures Gil Blas took after the adventure of the ready-furnishedlodging. ........................................................................................................................64
BOOK THE SECOND.
CH. I. -- Fabricio introduces Gil Blas to the Licentiate Sédillo, and procures him a reception. The domestic economy of that clergyman. Picture of his housekeeper......69GIL BLAS
-3- CH. II. -- The canon's illness; his treatment; the consequence; the legacy toGil Blas. .......................................................................................................................73
CH. III. -- Gil Blas enters into Doctor Sangrado's service, and becomes a famous CH. IV. -- Gil Blas goes on practising physic with equal success and ability.Adventure of the recovered ring..................................................................................80
CH. V. -- Sequel of the foregoing adventure. Gil Blas retires from practice, and fromthe neighbourhood of Valladolid.................................................................................85
CH. VI. -- His route from Valladolid, with a description of his fellow-traveller........89CH. VII. -- The journeyman barber's story..................................................................91
CH. VIII. -- The meeting of Gil Blas and his companion with a man soaking crusts ofbread at a spring, and the particulars of their conversation. ......................................103
CH. IX. -- The meeting of Diego with his family; their circumstances in life; great rejoicings on the occasion; the parting scene between him and Gil Blas..................105BOOK THE THIRD
CH. I. -- The arrival of Gil Blas at Madrid. His first place there...............................108 CH. II. -- The astonishment of Gil Blas at meeting Captain Rolando in Madrid, andthat robber's curious narrative....................................................................................112
CH. III -- Gil Blas is dismissed by Don Bernard de Castil Blazo, and enters into theservice of a beau.........................................................................................................115
CH. IV. -- Gil Blas gets into company with his fellows; they shew him a ready road tothe reputation of wit, and impose on him a singular oath..........................................120
CH. V. -- Gil Blas becomes the darling of the fair sex, and makes an interestingCH. VI. -- The Prince's company of comedians. .......................................................129
CH. VII. -- History of Don Pompeyo de Castro........................................................132
CH. VIII. -- An accident, in consequence of which Gil Blas was obliged to look outfor another place. .......................................................................................................136
CH. IX. -- A new service, after the death of Don Matthias de Silva.........................139CH. X. -- Much such another as the foregoing..........................................................141
CH. XI. -- A theatrical life and an author's life..........................................................144
CH. XII. -- Gil Blas acquires a relish for the theatre, and takes a full swing of itspleasures, but soon becomes disgusted......................................................................147
BOOK THE FOURTH
CH. I. -- Gil Blas not being able to reconcile himself to the morals of the actresses,quits Arsenia, and gets into a more reputable service................................................149
CH. II. -- Aurora's reception of Gil Blas. Their conversation. ..................................152 CH. III. -- A great change at Don Vincent's. Aurora's strange resolution.................154CH. IV. -- The Fatal Marriage; a Novel.....................................................................157
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-4- CH. V. -- The behaviour of Aurora de Guzman on her arrival at Salamanca. ..........173 CH. VI. -- Aurora's devices to secure Don Lewis Pacheco's affections....................178 CH. VII -- Gil Blas leaves his place and goes into the service of Don Gonzales CH. VIII. -- The Marchioness of Chaves: her character, and that of her company...191 CH. IX. -- An incident that parted Gil Blas and the Marchioness of Chaves. Thesubsequent destination of the former.........................................................................194
CH. X. -- The history of Don Alphonso and the fair Seraphina................................197 CH. XI. -- The old hermit turns out an extraordinary genius, and Gil Blas findshimself among his former acquaintance....................................................................205
BOOK THE FIFTH.
CH. I. -- History of Don Raphael...............................................................................208
CH. II -- Don Raphael's consultation with his company, and their adventures as theywere preparing to leave the wood..............................................................................249
BOOK THE SIXTH.
CH. I. -- The fate of Gil Blas and his Companions after they took leave of the Count de Polan. One of Ambrose's notable contrivances set off by the manner of its CH. II -- The determination of Don Alphonso and Gil Blas after this adventure......258 CH. III. -- An unfortunate occurrence, which terminated to the high delight of Don Alphonso. Gil Blas meets with an adventure which places him all at once in a verysuperior situation........................................................................................................260
BOOK THE SEVENTH.
CH. I. -- The tender attachment between Gil Blas and Dame Lorenza Sephora.......262 CH. II. -- What happened to Gil Blas after his retreat from the castle of Leyva; shewing that those who are crossed in love are not always the most miserable of CH. III. -- Gil Blas becomes the Archbishop's favourite, and the channel of all his CH. IV. -- The Archbishop is afflicted with a stroke of apoplexy. How Gil Blas getsinto a dilemma, and how he gets out..........................................................................276
CH. V. -- The course which Gil Blas took after the archbishop had given him his dismissal. His accidental meeting with the licentiate who was so deeply in his debt,and a picture of gratitude in the person of a parson...................................................279
CH. VI. -- Gil Blas goes to the play at Grenada. His surprise at seeing one of theactresses, and what happened thereupon. ..................................................................282
CH. VII. -- Laura's Story............................................................................................286
CH. VIII. -- The reception of Gil Blas among the players at Grenada; and another oldacquaintance picked up in the green- room. ..............................................................295
GIL BLAS
-5- CH. IX. -- An extraordinary companion at supper; and an account of their CH. X. -- The Marquis de Marialva gives a commission to Gil Blas. That faithfulsecretary acquits himself of it as shall be related.......................................................299
CH. XI. -- A thunderbolt to Gil Blas. ........................................................................301
CH. XII. -- Gil Blas takes lodgings in a ready-furnished house. He gets acquainted with Captain Chinchilla. That officer's character and business at Madrid. ...............303 CH. XIII. -- Gil Blas comes across his dear friend Fabricio at court. Great ecstacy on both sides. They adjourn together, and compare notes; but their conversation is toocurious to be anticipated. ...........................................................................................308
CH. XIV. -- Fabricio finds a situation for Gil Blas in the establishment of CountGaliano, a Sicilian nobleman.....................................................................................314
CH. XV. -- The employment of Gil Blas in Don Galiano's household. ....................317 CH. XVI. -- An accident happens to the Count de Galiano's monkey; his lordship's affliction on that occasion. The illness of Gil Blas, and its consequences. ...............321BOOK THE EIGHTH
CH. I. -- Gil Blas scrapes an acquaintance of some value, and finds wherewithal to make him amends for the Count de Galiano's ingratitude. Don Valerio de Luna's CH. II. -- Gil Blas is introduced to the Duke of Lerma, who admits him among the number of his secretaries, and requires a specimen of his talents, with which he is well CH. III. -- All is not gold that glitters. Some uneasiness resulting from the discovery of that principle in philosophy, and its practical application to existing circumstances. CH. IV. -- Gil Blas becomes a favourite with the Duke of Lerma, and the confidant ofan important secret.....................................................................................................336
CH. V. -- The joys, the honours, and the miseries of a court life, in the person of GilBlas. ...........................................................................................................................338
CH. VI. -- Gil Blas gives the Duke of Lerma a hint of his wretched condition. Thatminister deals with him accordingly..........................................................................341
CH. VII. -- A good use made of the fifteen hundred ducats. A first introduction to the trade of office, and an account of the profit accruing therefrom...............................344CH. VIII. -- History of Don Roger de Rada. .............................................................346
CH. IX. -- Gil Blas makes a large fortune in a short time, and behaves like otherwealthy upstarts. ........................................................................................................351
CH. X. -- The morals of Gil Blas become at court much as if they had never been at all. A commission from the Count de Lemos, which, like most court commissions,implies an intrigue......................................................................................................355
CH. XI. -- The Prince of Spain's secret visit, and presents to Catalina. ....................359ALAIN-RENÉ LESAGE
-6- CH. XII. -- Catalina's real condition a worry and alarm to Gil Blas. His precautionsfor his own ease and quiet..........................................................................................361
CH. XIII. -- Gil Blas goes on personating the great man. He hears news of his family: a touch of nature on the occasion. A grand quarrel with Fabricio.............................363BOOK THE NINTH
CH. I. -- Scipio's scheme of marriage for Gil Blas. The match, a rich goldsmith's daughter. Circumstances connected with this speculation.........................................366 CH. II. -- In the progress of political vacancies, Gil Blas recollects that there is such a man in the world as Don Alphonso de Leyva; and renders him a service from motivesof vanity.....................................................................................................................369
CH. III. -- Preparations for the marriage of Gil Blas. A spoke in the wheel of Hymen. CH. IV. -- The treatment of Gil Blas in the tower of Segovia. The cause of his CH. V. -- His reflections before he went to sleep that night, and the noise that waked CH. VI -- History of Don Gaston de Cogollos and Donna Helena de Galisteo. .......376 CH. VII. -- Scipio finds Gil Blas out in the tower of Segovia, and brings him a budgetof news.......................................................................................................................384
CH. VIII. -- Scipio's first journey to Madrid: its object and success. Gil Blas falls sick.The consequence of his illness...................................................................................386
CH. IX. -- Scipio's second journey to Madrid. Gil Blas is set at liberty on certain conditions. Their departure from the tower of Segovia, and conversation on theirjourney. ......................................................................................................................389
CH. X. -- Their doings at Madrid. The rencounter of Gil Blas in the street, and itsBOOK THE TENTH.
CH. I. -- Gil Blas sets out for the Asturias; and passes through Valladolid, where he goes to see his old master, Doctor Sangrado. By accident, he comes across SignorManuel Ordonnez, governor of the hospital..............................................................393
CH. II. -- Gil Blas continues his journey, and arrives in safety at Oviedo. The condition of his family. His father's death, and its consequences..............................398 CH. III. -- Gil Blas sets out for Valencia, and arrives at Lirias; description of his seat; the particulars of his reception, and the characters of the inhabitants he found CH. IV. -- A journey to Valencia, and a visit to the lords of Leyva. The conversationof the gentlemen, and Seraphina's demeanour...........................................................407
CH. V. -- Gil Blas goes to the play, and sees a new tragedy. The success of the piece.The public taste at Valencia.......................................................................................410
CH. VI. -- Gil Blas, walking about the streets of Valencia, meets with a man of sanctity, whose pious face he has seen somewhere else. What sort of man this man ofsanctity turns out to be...............................................................................................413
GIL BLAS
-7- CH. VII. -- Gil Blas returns to his seat at Lirias. Scipio's agreeable intelligence, and areform in the domestic arrangements.........................................................................417
CH. VIII. -- The loves of Gil Blas and the fair Antonia............................................419
CH. IX. -- Nuptials of Gil Blas with the fair Antonia; the style and manner of the ceremony; the persons assisting thereat; and the festivities ensuing there upon.......423 CH. X. -- The honey-moon (a very dull time for the reader as a third person)enlivened by the commencement of Scipio's story....................................................427
CH. XI. -- Continuation of Scipio's story. .................................................................440
CH. XII. -- Conclusion of Scipio's story....................................................................447
BOOK THE ELEVENTH
CH. I. -- Containing the subject of the greatest joy that Gil Blas ever felt, followed up, as our greatest pleasures too generally are, by the most melancholy event of his life. Great changes at court, producing, among other important revolutions, the return of CH. II. -- Gil Blas arrives in Madrid, and makes his appearance at court: the king is blessed with a better memory than most of his courtiers, and recommends him to the notice of his prime minister. Consequences of that recommendation.......................461 CH. III. -- The project of retirement is prevented, and Joseph Navarro brought uponthe stage again, by an act of signal service................................................................465
CH. IV. -- Gil Blas ingratiates himself with the Count of Olivarez. .........................467 CH. V. -- The private conversation of Gil Blas with Navarro, and his first employmentin the service of the Count d'Olivarez........................................................................469
CH. VI. The application of the three hundred pistoles, and Scipio's commission connected with them. Success of the state paper mentioned in the last chapter........473 CH. VII. -- Gil Blas meets with his friend Fabricio once more; the accident, place, and circumstances described; with the particulars of their conversation together. ..........476 CH. VIII. -- Gil Blas gets forward progressively in his master's affections. Scipio'sreturn to Madrid, and account of his journey.............................................................479
CH. IX.. -- How my lord duke married his only daughter, and to whom: with the bitterconsequences of that marriage...................................................................................481
CH. X. -- Gil Blas meets with the poet Nunez by accident, and learns that he has written a tragedy, which is on the point of being brought out at the theatre royal. Theill fortune of the piece, and the good fortune of its author. .......................................483
CH. XI. -- Santillane gives Scipio a situation: the latter sets out for New Spain......486 CH. XII. -- Don Alphonso de Leyva comes to Madrid; the motive of his journey a severe affliction to Gil Blas, and a cause of rejoicing subsequent thereon................488 CH. XIII. -- Gil Blas meets Don Gaston de Cogollos and Don Andrew de Tordesillas at the drawing-room, and adjourns with them to a more convenient place. The story of Don Gaston and Donna Helena de Galisteo concluded. Santillane renders someservice to Tordesillas. ................................................................................................490
CH. XIV. -- Santillane's visit to the poet Nunez, the company and conversation.....494ALAIN-RENÉ LESAGE
-8-BOOK THE TWELFTH.
CH. I. -- Gil Blas sent to Toledo by the minister. The purpose of his journey and its CH. II. -- Santillane makes his report to the minister, who commissions him to send for Lucretia. The first appearance of that actress before the court. ...........................500 CH. III. -- Lucretia's popularity; her appearance before the king; his passion, and itsCH. IV. -- Santillane in a new office.........................................................................504
CH. V. -- The son of the Genoese is acknowledged by a legal instrument, and named Don Henry Philip de Guzman. Santillane establishes his household, and arranges thecourse of his studies...................................................................................................506
CH. VI. -- Scipio's return from New Spain. Gil Blas places him about Don Henry's person. That young nobleman's course of study. His career of honour, and his father's matrimonial speculation on his behalf. A patent of nobility conferred on Gil Blasagainst his will...........................................................................................................508
CH. VII. -- An accidental meeting between Gil Blas and Fabricio. Their last conversation together, and a word to the wise from Nunez.......................................510 CH.. VIII. -- Gil Blas finds that Fabricio's hint was not without foundation. The king'sjourney to Saragossa..................................................................................................512
CH. IX. -- The revolution of Portugal, and disgrace of the prime minister...............514 CH. X. -- A difficult, but successful, weaning from the world. The minister'semployments in his retreat.........................................................................................516
CH. XI. -- A change in his lordship for the worse. The marvellous cause, andmelancholy consequences, of his dejection...............................................................518
CH. XII. -- The proceedings at the Castle of Loeches after his lordship's death, and thecourse which Santillane adopted................................................................................520
CH. XIII. -- The return of Gil Blas to his seat. His joy at finding his god-daughter Seraphina marriageable; and his own second venture in the lottery of love. ............522 CH. XIV. -- A double marriage, and the conclusion of the history...........................524