He was not often slow to praise his brother's work.
"How, not bad?
Is that all you say ?" asked Gianbattista, in considerable astonishment.

He felt, too, that as Marzio and he worked together, he deserved acme part of the credit.

"It is church decoration of course, and not a 'piece,' as we say, but I would like to see anybody do better." "Well, well, Tista, forgive me," he answered, "The fact is, Marzio showed me something to-day so wonderful, that I see no beauty in anything else--or, at least, not so much beauty as I ought to see.

I went in to find him again, you know, just as Lucia was leaving, and he showed me a crucifix--a marvel, a wonder!--he said he had had it a long time, put away in a box." "I never saw it," said Tista.
"I did!" exclaimed Lucia.

She regretted the words as soon as she had spoken them, and bit her lip.