One morning having a leisure hour on his hands, our townsmen was engaged in his chamber counting his money, in order to ascertain the extent of his loss, sustained by the unwelcome visiters who had paid him their respects on the road; when the Cavaliere unceremoniously entered the room, and seeing a pocket-book in his hand, immediately inquired what he had lost. The fact was, that a 20 pound note of the Bank of England was missing, and as the pocket-book in which the notes were contained, was not discovered by the banditti, in their haste to make their escape, he concluded that it had been carelessly dropped at some time or other, and would never again be heard of; which he stated at once to his pseudo friend. The latter expressed some surprise, and evinced considerable embarrassment on the occasion. His quondam fellow tourist, however, made light of the matter, and endeavoured to change the conversation by stating, that he would ask the advice of his banker the duke of Torlonia, fortunately the only house in the habit of discounting English notes; and would also write to his banker in London, to have the payment stopped at the Bank of England. To this plan the Cavaliere strenuously objected, but said, that he knew a man in Rome, who would procure him the note if it was to be found; and in consequence of this suggestion, the application to the Duke was not made. Our traveller, reflecting on the circumstances connected with this interview, his being interrogated as to his loss before any intimation had been given that such loss had been sustained, the hurried and peculiar manner in which the inquiries were made, in addition to the fact that the Cavaliere was the only person who had seen them counted, and that he was careless of locking up his pocket-book, began to suspect, although his rank and standing might forbid it, that the gentleman knew something about the note. As the numbers of the different bills had been taken, there could not readily have been a mistake. A few days subsequently it was distinctly intimated, that the person to whom application had been made, knew where the note was. An interview with the _conjurer_ was zealously urged, in the hope of visiting the thief with merited punishment. To this the Cavaliere replied, that he had pledged his honour that the affair should remain in profound secrecy, and that he would himself be responsible for the payment, and accordingly gave his note of hand for it payable in two days! After _many_ days had elapsed without receiving the amount, the patience of our traveller was nearly exhausted, and under the influence of irritation, produced by the unprincipled conduct of this modern Roman, it was determined to disclose the whole transaction to his father. The subject was introduced with the utmost delicacy. The old gentleman, after hearing a detail of all the circumstances, coolly observed, that it was no business of his, and that his son would doubtless attend to it.