Astrodi

I went to the theatre, where I saw the vice-legate Salviati, women of fashion, neither fair nor foul, and a wretched comic opera; but I neither saw Astrodi nor any other actor from the Comedie Italienne at Paris.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

As I spoke I laid hands on the Lepi, on the spot where one usually finds what I called “this;” but the Astrodi, seeing that I found nothing, burst into a roar of laughter, and taking my hand put it just under her front hump, where at last I found what I wanted.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

When I got up I received a note from the false Astrodi, asking me if I expected her and her great chum to supper.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

After the Astrodi had thanked me, the hunchbacked girl turned towards me, and with a smile that stretched from ear to ear and displayed at least twenty-four exquisite teeth, she said that she hoped I would honour her by being present at her benefit.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

The Astrodi placed her friend in such a singular position that the humps were no longer visible, and imagining that I had before me the high priestess of Jove, I paid her a long sacrifice, in which death and resurrection followed one another in succession.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

Hermitage had done its work the Astrodi proposed that we should cast off the clothes which disfigure nature.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

I found her at the door with the ugly Astrodi when I was leaving the theatre.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

The Astrodi fell on her knees, blessed me, thanked me, called me her god; and the Lepi wept and laughed for joy at the same time; and thus for a quarter of an hour I was treated to a scene of an extraordinary kind.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

I gave a cry of wonder, and exclaimed, — “The famous Astrodi at Avignon — how she will be astonished to see me!”

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

“You must have a try after supper,” said the Astrodi to me, “that would be fine fun.”

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827