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Updated: September 5, 2025
"This is news to me, signors, as well as to you, for in his narrative to me of the events of the fight, he passed over his own share in it, though Messer Polani, who accompanied him, did say that his ship had taken some part in the fight, and that the captain and twenty-seven men had been killed.
In reforming the government, the sovereignty of the city was continued to the king for another three years, and as there were then in office seven Signors of the party of Lando, six more were appointed of the king's friends, and some magistracies were composed of thirteen Signors; but not long afterward the number was reduced to seven according to ancient custom.
And they came, the cooks and scullions, they came in their white jackets, with their white aprons and snow-white caps; they came in solemn silence, fully impressed with the importance of the moment. "Signors," said the chief cook, "it is on a beautiful and sublime affair that I have assembled you here to-day.
"Now may all the saints preserve you, signors," replied the soldier, "for it is the first act of kindness shown to me for many years not that my wife and children have much chance of ever receiving it." "You were speaking about a young European woman when we were in the dungeon," observed Krantz, after a pause. "Yes, signor, she was a very beautiful creature.
The Council would certainly find Zorzi, if he were in Venice, and within two or three days, at the utmost, if not within a few hours; for the Signors of the Night were very vigilant and their men knew every hiding-place in Venice. Zorzi, said the Governor, would certainly be taken into custody unless he had escaped to the mainland.
Of the Frangipani, the haughtiest signors were no more; and Luca, the dastard head of the Savelli, had long since saved himself by flight.
She now remembered, that they must come this way to their chambers, and, forgetting all the terrors of the gallery, hurried towards it with an intention of secreting herself in some of the passages, that opened beyond, and of endeavouring, when the Signors were retired, to find her way to her own room, or to that of Annette, which was in a remote part of the castle.
They turn their heads and behold the crowd of commissionaires dashing headlong for the shelter of adjacent houses, and acting like crazy men. It is Signor Giovani who shouts, first in Arabic, then in Italian, and finally in English. They hear him now, and no wonder the blood runs cold in their veins it is a cry to alarm the boldest warrior on earth. "Mad dog! Run, signors! save the ladies!
'As to the place, mademoiselle, said Annette, 'there is no other place in the castle, besides this corridor, where WE can see him in safety, you know; and, as for the hour, it must be when all the Signors are asleep, if that ever happens! 'You may mention these circumstances to the Chevalier, Ludovico, said she, checking the flippancy of Annette, 'and leave them to his judgment and opportunity.
He is a man who sticks at nothing. He is a brave little fellow, that cannot be denied; but to get possession of that lady, he would remove all obstacles at any risk and a husband is a very serious one, signors.
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