Giuseppe Tartini - Lettere e documenti / Pisma in dokumenti / Letters and Documents - Volume / Knjiga / Volume II

334 78. Tartini to G.B. Martini Although Your Reverence has not answered me on the point I was interested in, I have nonetheless achieved my aim by means of our most honoured and most virtuous Signor Raaf, who had promised me and has kept his word. He shall therefore be given a few ounces more, and Your Reverence less, as I want to chastise you, although you are the confessor and I can only be the penitent. Joking aside, you cannot and must not stop me from enjoying a supreme, infinite pleasure of mine, and you should let it take its course. Meanwhile, I must tell you two things. One is that we all still have Signor Raaf in our ears, as we shall have him eternally in our hearts. The other one is that I am most impatient (and Your Reverence can imagine this) to hear the result of the examination. It is absolutely true that my main desire is not to burden our Signor Dottor Balbi more than is necessary, so I wrote to him (and I am confirming it again) that he should carry out the examination at his complete leisure. Nonetheless, something can be known even before its conclusion: even more so, because if there were some obstacle or opposition, I have ready what is necessary to clarify the matter with geometric proof. But I entrust myself to you in everything, and bestowing upon you my most reverent respects, as I do upon Signor Dottor Balbi, Signor Bernacchi and Signor Raaf, I declare myself with all respect Your Reverence’s most humble, devoted and obliged servant Giuseppe Tartini Padua, 6 August 1751 79. Tartini to G.B. Martini The bearer of the present letter is Monsieur Bertau, a violin amateur and, fortunately for me, a student of mine. I say fortunately for me, as among those noble people I have met and served, I treasure this one above all: not so much for his condition, distinguished by both birth and fortune, as for the qualities of his soul, which are truly unique. He, a native of Lyon, is coming there to enjoy Bologna for the second time. May Your Reverence take the trouble to introduce him to the city intimately and provide him with those musical and erudite pleasures for which he shall remember you, me, and Bologna. Furthermore, you should know that my confidence in this gentleman is so