They say that he himself appeared last night, and this morning on the tilting ground by the quay, and by God's mercy--if He has any left for us--I can well believe it.

The Doge and his Council but now have issued a decree that all who perish must be buried at once.

See to it, signors, lest the officers come and bear her away to some common grave, from which her rank will not protect her." Then he went to visit Sir Geoffrey.

Returning presently, he gave them some directions as to his treatment, and rushed out as he had rushed in.
They never saw him again.

Two days later they learned that he himself was dead of the pest.
That night they buried Lady Carleon in her son's grave, which Dick had helped to prepare for her, since no sexton could be bribed to do the work.