Again he bowed, and protested aloud and frequently against the justice of compliments that he so little merited.

When this little byplay was over, they proceeded gravely to consider the matter before them.
As the decision of the Council of Three will be made apparent in the course of the narrative, we shall not continue to detail the conversation that accompanied their deliberations.

The sitting was long, so long indeed that when they arose, having completed their business, the heavy clock of the square tolled the hour of midnight.
"The Doge will be impatient," said one of the two nameless members, as they threw on their cloaks, before leaving the chamber.

"I thought his highness wore a more fatigued and feeble air to-day, than he is wont to exhibit at the festivities of the city." "His highness is no longer young, Signore.

If I remember right, he greatly outnumbers either of us in years.