This aged man is a fisherman named Antonio, and one who cannot have gravely offended St.
Mark.

The Bravo hath passed towards the island of San Giorgio, and must be sought elsewhere." The officer released the person of the monk, who passed quickly beneath the canopy, and he turned to cast a hasty glance at the features of the fisherman.

The rubbing of a rope was audible, and the anchor of Antonio was lifted by a sudden jerk.

A heavy plashing of the water followed, and the two boats shot away together, obedient to a violent effort of the crew.

The gondola of the state exhibited its usual number of gondoliers, bending to their toil, with its dark and hearse-like canopy, but that of the fisherman was empty! The sweep of the oars and the plunge of the body of Antonio had been blended in a common wash of the surge.