An angry word never passed his lips,--an angry gleam never shot from his eyes.

Once they had been exposed to the danger not uncommon in those then half-savage lands.

Some pirates who infested the neighbouring coasts had heard of the arrival of the strangers, and the seamen Zanoni employed had gossiped of their master's wealth.

One night, after Viola had retired to rest, she was awakened by a slight noise below.

Zanoni was not by her side; she listened in some alarm.