At last the little slovenly Emma was discovered, and having been well rated she fetched the key and led me up the grand staircase.

Tiepolo chose two scenes from the life of Cleopatra, and there is no doubt that he could draw.

In one the voluptuous queen is dissolving a pearl in a goblet of wine; in the other she and her infatuated Roman are about to embark in a splendid galley.
The model for the wanton queen is said to have been a gondolier's daughter named Cristina in whom the painter found all the graces that his brush required.
[Illustration: THE DREAM OF S.URSULA FROM THE PAINTING BY CARPACCIO _In the Accademia_] The frescoes, still in fair preservation, are masterly and aristocratic; but they have left on my mind no impressions that it is a pleasure to revive.

Brilliant execution is not enough.
Crossing the mouth of the Cannaregio we come to the Querini Palace, now yellow, plain, and ugly.

A little campiello, a tiny ugly house and a calle, and we are opposite the Palazzo Contarini, or Lobbia, with brown poles on which a silver heart glistens.