ABSTRACT
Do you recollect the manner in which the very interesting little Novel called Le Mariage de Vengeance* is introduced in Gil Blas?28 At the Château of Donna Elvira de Pinarés, where an accident occasions the lady whom he served to remain for two days, an historical picture representing a tragical event is remarked, which brings on a relation of the circumstances of the story. Not exactly like this, because it was only a portrait, but in consequence of such an incident, I became possessed of an history, which I shall relate to you; while I endeavour to convey to your imagination some idea of the places where some of the events occurred, and which I have passed three days in examining.
