This glory of which you speak may sit lightly on the shoulder of a senator, but it weighs heavily on a fisherman's heart." "Thou speakest, bold man, of that which thou dost not comprehend." "It is unfortunate, Signore, that the power to understand hath not been given to those who have so much power to suffer." An anxious pause succeeded this reply.
"Thou mayest withdraw, Antonio," said he, who apparently presided in the dread councils of the Three.

"Thou wilt not speak of what has happened, and thou wilt await the inevitable justice of St.Mark in full confidence of its execution." "Thanks, illustrious senator; I will obey your excellency; but my heart is full, and I would fain say a few words concerning the child, before I quit this noble company." "Thou mayest speak--and here thou mayest give free vent to all thy wishes, or to all thy griefs, if any thou hast.

St.Mark has no greater pleasure than to listen to the wishes of his children." "I believe they have reviled the Republic in calling its chiefs heartless, and sold to ambition!" said the old man, with generous warmth, disregarding the stern rebuke which gleamed in the eye of Jacopo.

"A senator is but a man, and there are fathers and children among them, as among us of the Lagunes." "Speak, but refrain from seditious or discreditable discourse," uttered a secretary, in a half-whisper.

"Proceed." "I have little now to offer, Signori; I am not used to boast of my services to the state, excellent gentlemen, but there is a time when human modesty must give way to human nature.