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He looked round to his son as he spoke; but Antonio, worn out by the fatigues and agitation of the day, had stretched himself upon a bench and was already in a deep sleep. The Proveditore gazed at him for a brief space, with an expression of mingled pity, regret, and paternal affection upon his countenance. "As weak of body as infirm of purpose," he murmured.
This you would never have dared to do, but with the approval and connivance of the archducal government." The eyes of the pirate sparkled with a strange and significant gleam as the Proveditore recalled the circumstance to his recollection. "Know ye not," said he with a grim smile, "whom ye have to thank for that good office?
You are the leader of our expedition the sword and buckler of Christendom." "I protest against such a combat," said the Venetian proveditore, "until the King of England shall have repaid the fifty thousand byzants which he is indebted to the republic.
Before my departure I had received an answer form the French officer, advising me that my passport had reached Pesaro, and that he was ready to forward it to me with my trunk, if I would pay M. Marcello Birna, the proveditore of the Spanish army, whose address he enclosed, the sum of fifty doubloons for the horse which I had run away with, or which had run away with me.
I could not therefore, if I wished it, buy my life by the treachery demanded of me; and if the woivodes of Segna think as I do, they will let themselves be hewn in pieces before they do the bidding of your senators, or concede aught to the wishes of false and crafty Venice." "You are a brave man, Dansowich!" resumed the Proveditore, who saw the necessity of changing his tactics.
"I have given him that advice, madam, because my heart is good, and my judgment sane." "Then we are all of us as many fools, the proveditore included?" "That deduction would not be right, madam. An opinion contrary to that of another does not necessarily make a fool of the person who entertains it.
Taking Antonio's drawing from under his cloak, he suddenly unrolled and held it before the Uzcoque, in such a manner that the light of the lantern fell full upon the ghastly countenance of the old woman. "Behold!" said he. "Does that resemble her you speak of?" The object of the Proveditore was gained, but he had not well calculated all the consequences of his stratagem.
But we must have proof of that from his own confession; and this portrait may help to extort it." Whilst uttering these broken sentences, which were totally incomprehensible to the bewildered Antonio, the Proveditore had donned his mantle, and placed his plumed cap upon his head. "No, Antonio," said he, "we will not destroy this picture, hideous though it be.
The Proveditore had listened with a smile, that was at once contemptuous and sorrowful, to his son's narrative, and to the confession of his weakness and disobedience to the injunctions of his aged teacher. When he had finished speaking, there was a minute's silence, broken at last by the elder Marcello.
The guests retired soon afterwards, and Madame F , whom I had preceded to the carriage, M. D R having offered her his arm, invited me to get in with her, saying that it was raining. It was the first time that she had bestowed such an honour upon me. "I am of your opinion about that prince," she said, "but you have incurred the displeasure of the proveditore."
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