However, that could never have been.

Still I am sorry, indeed, at the thought of leaving Venice.

I have been very happy here, and I have made friends, and there is always something to do or talk about; and the life in London would be so dull in comparison.

But here comes one of the ushers from the palace." The official came up to them, and asked if either of them was Messer Francisco Hammond, and, finding that he had come to the right person, requested Francis to follow him..