[CHAPTER VII.]

Gil Blas meets with his Friend Fabricio once more; the Accident, Place, and Circumstances described, with the Particulars of their Conversation together.

[CHAPTER VIII.]

Gil Blas gets forward progressively in his Master's Affections. Scipio's Return to Madrid, and Account of his Journey.

[CHAPTER IX.]

How my Lord Duke married his only Daughter, and to whom, with the bitter Consequences of that Marriage.

[CHAPTER X.]

Gil Blas meets with the Poet Nunez by Accident, and learns that he has written a Tragedy, which is on the Point of being brought out at the Theatre Royal. The ill Fortune of the Piece, and the good Fortune of its Author.

[CHAPTER XI.]

Santillane gives Scipio a Situation; the Latter sets out for New Spain.