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There was a murmur of abhorrence from the young voices about her, but Dama Ecciva was quite silent, although there had been a motion of her blanched lips as if to speak, and Madama di Thénouris still held her fascinated gaze.
"That Tristan de Giblet he who would have killed the King the night that he climbed the city-walls and fled to Rhodes we know the tale " "Aye, aye; we know it. And then?" they pleaded impatiently. But Dama Ecciva was not to be swerved from the irritating composure which pleased her mood for the moment: "And one of us hath any one seen Alicia de Giblet?
And now the judges and the learned men had withdrawn for private consultation, and the assembly waited for the verdict in a hush through which one might have counted the heart-beats sounding in tumultuous rhythm; but the girlish prisoner still kept her defiant attitude tapping the pavement impatiently with her tiny booted foot as making light of any crime that might be imputed to Dama Ecciva de Montferrat.
Have I not told thee news enough, and of a quality to make thy hair stand on end the comely hair of a most decorous young Venetian maid? and thou hast never a word of admiration. Verily, thou art tiresome!" "It is so terrible, Ecciva: I cannot jest, nor gloat on it for news." "There, there, sweet child!"
Dama Ecciva was in her element again, now that something had happened to scatter the unendurable dulness, and each day brought some new matter for discussion.
"She hath been merciful and forgiven much," he urged, in a tone that was still compassionate toward Ecciva herself; "she hath suffered much because of the grief for thy mother and thyself and because she might not lighten the penance. Is there no little word of farewell for her?"
"Our time is short, Dama Ecciva," he reminded her at length, when she had chosen a cushioned corner and sat toying with a bunch of wild orchids seemingly forgetful of his presence, as of her summons. "We are alone: and if thou hast a confidence to make 'of import to the State' " "The time is long enough for our needs, Eccellentissimo," she retorted, with a rippling laugh.
Ecciva broke the tension with her exclamation: "No, Contarini mia, all knights are not like that: I said it but to tease thee. Tell it to the Dama Margherita with a face like that, and she will make it a second 'Kypria, for she hath, verily the gift.
"We will be knights, Tristan mio," Guido whispered, wiping away his comrade's tears while his own were falling; and then, straining each other convulsively, they broke down in sobs together. Dama Ecciva stole up the steps from the terrace, and catching Elois
"Oh, Ecciva! The Chamberlain of the Queen! how darest thou? Thou art over free with thy foolish speech." "Nay, little timid maid; it is thou who art foolish not to see not to see . Ah, well, he is but a man for all he is Venetian; and thou thou art a child and hast no eyes." "What meanest thou, Ecciva? Nay, thou shalt tell me."
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