"When he does come here, he always tells me a moving tale of his privations, in hopes of exciting pity; but, unfortunately, I cannot help laughing at his tales of hardship.

But we were really anxious about you last night, Francisco, and very thankful when we heard you had returned.
"Weren't we, Giulia ?" Giulia nodded.
"Giulia hasn't much to say when you are here, Francisco, but she can chatter about you fast enough when we are alone." "How can you say so, Maria ?" Giulia said reproachfully.
"Well, my dear, there is no harm in that.

For aught he knows, you may be saying the most unkind things about him, all the time." "I am sure he knows that I should not do that," Giulia said indignantly.
"By the way, do you know, Francisco, that all Venice is in a state of excitement! A proclamation has been issued by the doge, this morning, that all should be in their galleys and at their posts at noon, under pain of death.

So everyone knows that something is about to be done, at last." "Then it is time for me to be off," Francis said, rising hastily, "for it is ten o'clock already." "Take your time, my lad," the merchant said.

"There is no hurry, for Pisani told me, privately, that they should not sail until after dark." It was not, indeed, until nearly eight o'clock in the evening, that the expedition started.