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Updated: May 20, 2025
"But we must relegate the law of Moses to the Apocrypha, otherwise we are Pharisees and Jewish Christians. What have we to do with circumcision, the paschal lamb, and levitical marriage? Wait till I am Pope." "Must we really wait so long?" "Hush! The noon-bell is ringing. Do not let us neglect our duties. The flesh must have its due, in order not to burn.
The rain fell, and the Smoke-serpents, submissive to the curse of all that tribe, trailed themselves upon the earth. In the waste-yard outside, the steam from the escape pipe, the litter of barrels and old iron, the shining heaps of coals, the ashes everywhere, were shrouded in a veil of mist and rain. The work went on, until the noon-bell rang. More clattering upon the pavements.
As soon as the noon-bell rang and the work-people all poured along the corridors and out at the open doors, Katie knocked at the office door and was told to "Come in!" by Mr. James, who happened to be alone inside. Without a word the girl walked up to his desk and laid the bill down beside him. The young man started, stared, and finally said: "Where did you get this?"
His companion looked up quickly. "He is with her now, it may be.... I told them that I should not go home at the noon-bell." He looked about him slowly at the clear sky and at the moving throng of boats below "I am going home." He spoke the words with dull emphasis. Titian turned and held out his hand. "The gods be with you, friend!" Giorgione gripped it for a moment.
Below, in the hot sun, the gondola rocked at the foot of the stairs. The noon-bell in the southern turret of the Fondaco chimed softly. A painter at work on the façade near by looked up inquiringly at the sun. He smiled absently to himself and, dropping his brushes, descended lightly from the scaffolding to the ground.
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