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Updated: May 14, 2025
"They surely will not aim at the lugger!" she exclaimed. "That cannot be necessary, Signor Podest
II. Messer Simone then, of this family, coming to Florence as Podest
"Why, Signori, the facts were just these. Andrea Barrofaldi, as you know, is the vice-governatore of Porto Ferrajo, and I am its unworthy podest
The cabin-lamp was trimmed, and the privateersman found himself under a strong light as soon as he had crossed the threshold of the apartment. Cuffe and Griffin were standing near the table, where the vice-governatore and the podest
All this time Andrea Barrofaldi and Vito Viti were profoundly ignorant of what was passing between the two officers, though Raoul listened eagerly and so well understood every syllable they uttered. Until this moment the vice governatore had been rather indifferent and inattentive as to what occurred; but the two exclamations of Raoul awakened a vague distrust in his mind, which, while it had no direct object, was certainly pregnant with serious consequences to the Frenchman himself. Deep mortification at the manner in which they had been duped by this celebrated privateersman, with a desire to absent themselves from the island until the edge was a little taken off the ridicule they both felt they merited, blended with certain longings to redeem their characters, by assisting in capturing the corsair, were the reasons why these two worthies, the deputy-governor and the podest
"Cospetto!" exclaimed the podest
All this was said with so much apparent sincerity that it added to the podest
The citizens of Mantua were weary of revolutions. They had acknowledged the suzerainty of the Emperor Frederick and shaken it off. They had had a Podest
As this request was reasonable, no objection was raised. The podest
"One would think, Ghita," said Raoul, laughing, though he had the precaution to speak in an undertone "one would think that your old friends, the vice-governatore and the podest
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