Women are always fancying things, you know." "I don't know anyone who fidgets about me," Matteo said; "but then, you see, I am not a rescuer of damsels in distress, nor have I received the thanks of the republic for gallant actions." "Well, you ought to have done," Francis replied.

"You had just as much to do with that fight on board Pisani's galley as I had, only it happened I was in command.
"Oh, there is your brother's tent! I see there is a light burning, so I suppose he has not gone to bed yet." "All the better," Matteo said.

"We shall get our hot wine all the quicker.

My teeth are chattering so, I hardly dare speak for fear of biting my tongue." Francis was warmly welcomed by Rufino Giustiniani.
"I need hardly ask you if you have succeeded in reconnoitring their positions, for I know you would not come back before morning had you not carried out your orders.
"Why, Matteo, what have you been doing--wading in the mud, apparently?
Why, you are wet up to the waist." "We have captured an officer, and fourteen men, Rufino.

They will be here in a few minutes.