Excerpt from The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Vol. 3 of 3 Ki; X.P.Vjb Oil Bias meets with tlio Poet Niiikv. liy Acculcnt, and learns that lie has written a Trafiedy, which is ow the Point of being brought out at tlie Theatre Pi, oal. The ill Fortune of tlie Piece, and the good Fortune of its Author. 32(1 ClIAl TKi;, I. Sanlillanc gives Seipio a Situalion;the Latter sets out for New Spain.;mCIIAI TKi: XII. J)on Alphonso dc Leyva comes to Madrid; tlu Motive of liis Journey a severe Atlliction to (iil Bias, and a cause of llejoieing subsequent thereon. 33-5 ClIAl Teu xiir. Gil Bias meets Don Gaston do Cogollos and Don Andrew dc Tordcsillas at the Drawing-room, and Adjourns with them to a more convenient Place. The Story of Don Gaston and Donna Helena de Galistco, concluded. Santillane renders some Service to Tordesill, IS. 310 CIIVrTKU XIV. Santillanc s Aisit to Poet Nunez, the Company, and Conversation.318 Book The Twelfth. niAI Tek I. Gil Bias sent to Toledo by the Minister. The Purpose of his Journey, and its Siuce.-s. 3-53 Ciiai Tku II. Santillane makes his Report to the Minister, who commissions him to send for I.ucretia. The tirst A)pearanee of that Actress belbre the Court. 3 G2CIlArTKR III. Lucretia sPopularity, her Apiiearance lefore the King, his Passion, and its Conseqtienci s., .3Go Ciiai Tku IV. Santillane in a new Office. = . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.