He had had the power to save the woman he had loved, and had foregone that power; but how was it that in this Zanoni himself had failed?
How was it that he was gone to the very banquet of the ravisher?
Could Zanoni be aware of what had passed?
If not, should he lose a moment in apprising him?
Though mentally irresolute, no man was more physically brave.

He would repair at once to the palace of the prince himself; and if Zanoni failed in the trust he had half-appeared to arrogate, he, the humble foreigner, would demand the captive of fraud and force, in the very halls and before the assembled guests of the Prince di -- ..