It was a week or ten days later, and an early season was now in full swing.
"He told me that he was not coming," she said.

"I suppose the temptation to wear that gorgeous raiment was too much for him." "Apropos of that, there is one curious thing to be noted here with regard to clothes," the Prince continued.

"Amongst the men, you find Venetian Doges, Chancellors, gallants of every age, but scarcely a single uniform.

In a way, this seems typical of the passing of the militarism of your country.

You are beginning to remind me of Venice in the Middle Ages.