15/36 All Murano may know it for anything I care." "And Venice too ?" asked Nella, shaking her head in disapproval. "What will they say in Casa Contarini when they hear that you have actually gone out of the house to help a wounded young man in your father's glass-house ?" "If they are human, they will say that I was quite right," answered Marietta promptly. "If they are not, why should I care what they say ?" Zorzi smiled. At that moment Pasquale passed the window, and then came in by the open door, growling. His ugly face was transfigured by rage, until it had a sort of grotesque grandeur, and he clenched his fist as he began to speak. |