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"Very true; the inventor of that essence wears a crown; it is the King of France; his majesty made a pound of it, which cost him thirty thousand crowns." "Mine was a gift presented to my lover, and he gave it to me:" "Madame de Pompadour sent a small phial of it to M. de Mocenigo, the Venetian ambassador in Paris, through M. de B , now French ambassador here." "Do you know him?"
"They will not know in which direction to search for us; and if they scatter in pursuit we could make very short work of any that might come up with us." "I do not know that you are out of danger," Francis said. "A hundred men landed. Mocenigo, with twenty, took the line to your house, but the rest have scattered over the country in smaller bands, bent on murder and pillage.
There is old Hossein at his window. Let us go in and drink sherbet." "We shall find Mocenigo and Loredan there," answered Foscari. "They shall promise to help the glass-blower, too." They nodded to the Persian merchant, who saluted them by extending his hand towards the ground as if to take up dust, and then bringing it to his forehead.
The Venetian Admiral Mocenigo, god-father to the little prince, had followed close upon the coming of Vettore Soranzo, and they had lost no time in examining into the causes of the difficulties and in fixing the responsibility for the treachery where it belonged: disloyal officers were replaced by men in sympathy with the government, men of weight and character were sought for to fill the vacancies in the Council of the Realm, and it seemed that days of sunshine were dawning for Caterina, guarded by the affection of her people and the invincible arm of Venice.
You got Polani's daughters out of a worse scrape when they were captives on San Nicolo; and got yourself out of the worst scrape of all when you escaped from the grip of Ruggiero Mocenigo. Therefore, when you say that there is a fair chance of escape out of this business, I look upon it as almost as good as done." "It is a long way from that, Matteo," Francis laughed.
"Francisco is different," Maria said, not observing the signs Francis was making for her to be silent. "Francisco has got eyes in his head, and a brain in his skull, which is more, it seems, than any of the Venetians have; and had he not brought father to our hiding place, there we should have remained until Ruggiero Mocenigo came and carried us away." "Francisco brought your father the news!"
"For you, Gian Mocenigo, a pardon in the name of that Prince of Venice whose house you have dishonored." Again they replied to him with angry gibes. "A proof a proof we will put you to the proof, friar here and now, or, by God, a prophet shall pay with his life." He saw that they were driven to the last point.
"The answer of the Mocenigo was a marvel of courtesy, as it hath been reported, and worthy of a diplomat," Madama de Thénouris continued. "Most graciously he assured the Princess that Venice held her friendship gladly and would not fail of anything that she might do to prove her loyalty to this Crown of Cyprus.
The pirate at once sailed for Africa, where all the prisoners were sold as slaves to the Moors, my friend here alone excepted, Mocenigo having an old feud with him, and a design to keep him in his hands.
Before the day came Matteo Giustiniani told Francis a piece of news which interested him. "You remember my cousin Maria Polani, whom we met the other evening on the Grand Canal?" "Of course I do, Matteo. What of her?" "Well, what do you think? Ruggiero Mocenigo, whom I pointed out to you on the Piazza the man who had been banished for two years has asked for her hand in marriage."
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