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...rules-"A little Mass in the morning, a little gamble in the afternoon, and a little lady in the evening"-he paid lip service to the first, indulged rarely in the second, concentrated wholeheartedly on the third. While priest of San Luca in Venice, he took as his mistress Angioletta Bellaudi, a married woman who had been little better than a prostitute since the age of ten. Their first child barely missed being born on a sidewalk, with Father da Ponte probably acting as midwife ("The kind of incident that happens every day," he said). Ignoring a reprimand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: L. de Ponty's Wagon | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

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