In a margin note for September 12, 1755, the Inquisition's records show what Casanova was never to know: his sentence - 5 years in I Piombi.
But do you think,' said I, 'that a marriage is made like an omelet? Two weeks in Venice is nothing."
History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt: translated by Willard R. Trask, 1966. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. New York. Vol 1/2 p 237.
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