15/20 If it be not sequins that thou seekest, what would'st thou ?" "There are other wants than those of the body, Signore, and other sufferings besides hunger." The countenance of the senator lowered. He cast a sharp glance at his foster-brother, and ere he answered he closed the door which communicated with the outer chamber. Thou art accustomed to comment on measures and interests that are beyond thy limited reason, and thou knowest that thy opinions have already drawn displeasure on thee. The ignorant and the low are, to the state, as children, whose duty it is to obey, and not to cavil. Thy errand ?" "I am not the man you think me, Signore. |