Eat, then, without fear; seldom wilt thou be more welcome." "Take them away, Jacopo, if thou lovest me.

Do not tempt me beyond what I can bear." "How! art thou commanded to a penance ?" hastily exclaimed the other.
"Not so--not so.

It is long since I have found leisure or heart for the confessional." "Then why refuse the gift of a friend?
Remember thy years and necessities." "I cannot feed on the price of blood!" The hand of the Bravo was withdrawn as if repelled by an electric touch.
The action caused the rays of the moon to fall athwart his kindling eye, and firm as Antonio was in honesty and principle, he felt the blood creep to his heart as he encountered the fierce and sudden glance of his companion.

A long pause succeeded, during which the fisherman diligently plied his line, though utterly regardless of the object for which it had been cast.
"I have said it, Jacopo," he added at length, "and tongue of mine shall not belie the thought of my heart.

Take away thy food then, and forget all that is past; for what I have said hath not been said in scorn, but out of regard to my own soul.