ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT PRECEDED BY _A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICE OF LE SAGE_ BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY With Twelve Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios _IN THREE VOLUMES--VOL. III._ LONDON J. C. NIMMO AND BAIN 14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C. NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, WELFORD & CO. 1881 CONTENTS OF VOL. III. BOOK THE EIGHTH--CONTINUED. CHAPTER VIII. History of Don Roger de Rada. CHAPTER IX. Gil Blas makes a large Fortune in a short Time, and behaves like other wealthy Upstarts. CHAPTER 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. CHAPTER XI. The Prince of Spain's secret Visit, and Presents to Catalina. CHAPTER XII. Catalina's real Condition a Worry and Alarm to Gil Blas. His Precautions for his own Ease and Quiet. CHAPTER 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. BOOK THE NINTH. CHAPTER I. Scipio's Scheme of Marriage for Gil Blas. The Match, a rich Goldsmith's Daughter; Circumstances connected with this Speculation. CHAPTER 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 Motives of Vanity. CHAPTER III. Preparations for the Marriage of Gil Blas. A Spoke in the Wheel of Hymen. CHAPTER IV. The Treatment of Gil Blas in the Tower of Segovia. The Cause of his Imprisonment. CHAPTER V. His Reflections before he went to sleep that Night, and the Noise that waked him. CHAPTER VI. History of Don Gaston de Cogollos and Donna Helena de Galisteo. CHAPTER VII. Scipio finds Gil Blas out in the Tower of Segovia, and brings him a Budget of News. CHAPTER VIII. Scipio's first Journey to Madrid; its Object and Success. Gil Blas falls Sick. The Consequence of his Illness. CHAPTER 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 their Journey. CHAPTER X. Their Doings at Madrid. The Rencounter of Gil Blas in the Street, and its Consequences. BOOK THE TENTH. CHAPTER I. Gil Blas sets out for the Asturias, and passes through Valladolid, where he goes to see his old Master, Doctor Sangrado. By Accident be comes across Signor Manuel Ordonnez, Governor of the Hospital. CHAPTER II. Gil Blas continues his Journey, and arrives in Safety at Oviedo. The Condition of his Family. His Father's Death, and its Consequences. CHAPTER III. Gil Blas sets out for Valencia, and arrives at Idrias; Description of his Seat; the Particulars of his Reception, and the Characters of the Inhabitants he found there. CHAPTER IV.