Nevil pointed to the palaces.

'Pride,' said she.

He argued that the original Venetians were not responsible for their offspring.

'You say it ?' she cried, 'you, of an old race?
Oh, no; you do not feel it!' and the trembling fervour of her voice convinced him that he did not, could not.
Renee said: 'I know my ancestors are bound up in me, by my sentiments to them; and so do you, M.Nevil.We shame them if we fail in courage and honour.

Is it not so?
If we break a single pledged word we cast shame on them.