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Is it thou, Gino Monaldi!" exclaimed a smart Venetian grisette, whose tone and manner betrayed as much of coquetry as of surprise. "On foot, and by the secret door! Is this an hour to come on any of thy errands?" "Truly, Annina, it is not the season for affairs with thy father, and it is something early for a visit to thee. But there is less time for words than for action, just now.
"But I tell thee nothing new," she quickly added. "I only regret thou should'st find me, where, no doubt, you expected to meet the Duca di Sant' Agata himself." "Annina! This from thee!" "Thou surely didst not come to his palace to seek thy cousin!" Gelsomina had long been familiar with grief, but until this moment she had never felt the deep humiliation of shame.
So lately as yesterday, I heard Annina, the pretty daughter of the old wine-seller on the Lido, declare, that to be seen once in company with Jacopo Frontoni was as bad as to be caught twice bringing old rope from the arsenal, as befell Roderigo, her mother's cousin." "Thy distinctions savor of the morals of the Lido. Remember to exhibit the ring, lest he distrust thy errand."
"Dost thou think me jealous?" said the Bravo, smiling in kindness, as he took her hand. "Had it been thy cousin Pietro, or Michele, or Roberto, or any other youth of Venice, I should have no other dread than that of being known." "But it was only Annina my cousin Annina, whom thou hast never seen and I have no cousins Pietro, and Michele, and Roberto. We are not many, Carlo.
The gondola moved on. Palace after palace was passed, and the impatient Annina thrust her head from a window to note its progress. They came among the shipping of the port, and her uneasiness sensibly increased. "I would be landed quickly at the water-gate of the Doge's palace," she said, slipping a piece of silver into the hand of the boatman. "You shall be served, Bella Donna. But Diamine!
"Those among ye who love your mistress shall be remembered." He would have said more, but a rude seizure of his arms caused him to turn hastily away. He was firm in the grasp of the two gondoliers who had landed. While he was yet in too much astonishment to struggle, Annina, obedient to a signal, darted past him and leaped into the boat.
The action was sudden, rapid, and noiseless; but the jealous eye of Annina detected the escape of the gondolier, though not in time to prevent it. Without betraying uneasiness, she submitted to be led below, as if the whole were done by previous concert.
"The daughter of a wine-seller called Tomaso Torti?" "Do the noble dames of the city take such heed of their inferiors! This will charm my cousin, for she has great desires to be noted by the great." "And does thy cousin come hither?" "Rarely, lady we are not of much intimacy. I suppose Annina finds a girl, simple and uninstructed as I, unworthy of her company.
Gino pointed to the gondola as he said, "Thou art not to be tempted, Annina?" "Thy rashness in leading the smugglers to my father's door will bring us to harm some day, silly fellow!" "The boldness of the act will prevent suspicion." "Of what vineyard is the liquor?" "It came from the foot of Vesuvius, and is ripened by the heat of the volcano.
"And thou believest this fiction, Gelsomina?" she said, affecting pity for her cousin's credulity. "The characters of thy pretended daughter of Tiepolo and her governess are no secrets to those who frequent the piazza of San Marco." "Hadst thou seen the beauty and innocence of the lady, Annina, thou would'st not say this!" "Blessed San Teodoro! What is more beautiful than vice!
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