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

467 LETTERS the most worthy and revered Padre Marchetti, to whom he, Signor Caldani, has written two other letters without receiving any reply and suspects they have been lost. Therefore, I not only entreat you to deliver the enclosed letter, but also beseech you to obtain a reply to it, enclosing it in one of your letters addressed to me and making sure I receive it safely, through the usual means of Signor Pezzi. Meanwhile, we are close to the end of November, and I still do not know if Dottor Pietro is coming or not. This is something that causes me some anxiety and truly disturbs the final fulfilment of our affairs. I therefore beg you to give me more precise information in a swift reply, because if Dottor Pietro has indeed delayed his journey either for some business of his or for some other reason, I shall compensate by means of a letter what I was hoping to conclude verbally. God knows that I would have seen him gladly, but if God wishes otherwise, composure and resignation are necessary. I entreat you with regard to the provision of twenty pounds of these tallow candles 111 which I ask to have delivered by means of Signor Pezzi together indicating the cost of the aforementioned, for which I will reimburse him; but choose the best ones, for in the preceding supply some of them were bad. I embrace you wholeheartedly together with everyone in the household, and I am as ever your most affectionate uncle Giuseppe Tartini 181. Tartini to his nephew Pietro in Piran Padua, 29 December 1769 I have received your most dear letter after having gone without any for a long time. I hear from the letter about the delay in the purchase, the reason and the subsequent need for expenses. Although I leave you free to do whatever is profitable for the family, by way of opinion and advice I do not approve the decision of making a purchase when you don’t have enough money for the whole sum. The main aim was and is, to free you from debts and troubles, and woe betide if you once again burden yourself therewith. I have given you even more than I could, am I am in no condition to give you any more; indeed if God wishes me to continue to live for a few more years, I myself shall be in need. You were already aware of this fact, as I informed you thereof, and I am confirming this to you. The conclusion is clear. 111 Tallow is the fat from certain animals, used to make candles.