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Mark, while Courage, Prudence, Hope, and Charity wait upon her."
"And below," answered Marcantonio, because he could think of nothing
else to say, and because he knew every angle and carving of the palace
from the aesthetic point of view better than his father did; "below is
the Doge Foscari, kneeling very reverently to our noble Lion."
His father slowly scanned him with his inscrutable gaze, but answered
nothing, and they passed under the magnificent Porta della Carta quite
silently. Under the deep shadow of the gateway the business of the Ducal
Palace was already progressing. Secretaries at their desks were
preparing papers for discussion, while their assistants came and went
with messages from the various departments of the great body of workers
within the palace; they were too absorbed to look up as this Chief of
the Ten passed them, so oblivious were they of anything but their duty
that the stir about them left them serene and undisturbed, not even
penetrating the realm of their consciousness.


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