Thou wilt find labor less burdensome than guilt, and though thou never canst be to me like the boy they have taken, for he was innocent as the lamb! thou wilt still be the son of an ancient comrade, and a stricken spirit.

Come with me then to the Lagunes, for poverty and misery like mine cannot meet with more contempt, even for being thy companion." "What is it men say, that thou treatest me thus ?" demanded Jacopo, in a low, struggling voice.
"I would they said untruth! But few die by violence, in Venice, that thy name is not uttered." "And would they suffer one thus marked to go openly on the canals, or to be at large in the great square of San Marco ?" "We never know the reasons of the senate.

Some say thy time is not yet come, while others think thou art too powerful for judgment." "Thou dost equal credit to the justice and the activity of the inquisition.

But should I go with thee to-night, wilt thou be more discreet in speech among thy fellows of the Lido, and the islands ?" "When the heart hath its load, the tongue will strive to lighten it.

I would do anything to turn the child of my friend from his evil ways, but forget my own.