It was not unusual for Maria Luisa and her daughter to accompany him and Marzio when a finished work was to be set up, and Gianbattista knew that there could be no reasonable objection to such, a proceeding.
With an anxious heart he left the house and crossed the street to the workshop where the men were already waiting for the carts which were to convey the heavy grating to its destination.

The pieces were standing against the walls, wrapped in tow and brown paper, and immense parcels lay tied up upon the benches.

It was a great piece of work of the decorative kind, but of the sort for which Marzio cared little.

Great brass castings were chiselled and finished according to his designs without his touching them with his hands.

Huge twining arabesques of solid metal were prepared in pieces and fitted together with screws that ran easily in the thread, and then were taken apart again.