Such were the impressions that to me appeared the most characteristic of Venice during my stay there, and they remained with me until the completion of the second act of _Tristan_, and possibly even suggested to me the long-drawn wail of the shepherd's horn at the beginning of the third act." Later we shall see the palace where Wagner died, which also is on the Grand Canal.
Now comes the great and splendid Foscari Palace, once also a Giustiniani home and once also the lodging of a king of France--Henry III, certain of whose sumptuous Venetian experiences we saw depicted on the walls of the Doges' Palace.

The Foscari is very splendid with its golden borders to the windows, its rich reliefs and pretty effects of red brickwork, and more than most it brings to mind the lost aristocratic glories of Venice.

To-day it is a commercial school, with a courtyard at the back full of weeds.

The fine lamp at its corner must give as useful a light as any in Venice..