Casanova, having at last succeeded in obtaining…

Casanova, having at last succeeded in obtaining his pardon from the authorities of the Republic, returns to Venice in 1774, where he exercises the honorable office of secret agent of the State Inquisitors—that is, he becomes a spy.

The Inquisitors of Venice are a magistracy that, were it to be deemed by the three in the highest interests of the state, could even condemn a doge to death.