I witnessed just now near the Dominican Convent something which touched me deeply, and I have not yet recovered from the shock.

Have you not heard of a Florentine merchant named Massimo Barberi ?" "Is he noble ?" asked Mary.

"I do not remember him." "No, a commoner, but a man highly esteemed." "I know him well," said Mr.Van de Werve.

"I met him lately in company with Lopez de Galle, for whom he had attended to some financial affairs.
What have you to tell us concerning him ?" "Something terrible, Mr.Van de Werve.

I saw the corpse of poor Barberi taken out of a sewer; he had two dagger-wounds in his throat.