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"It is well," answered Giustinian Giustiniani, as the Lady Laura made
her little moan on hearing of the appointment which the Senator reported
with such pride. "Marcantonio hath the head of a diplomat and the
bearing of a courtier. It is the way of distinction for such a man."
"That is justly spoken," said the mother; "and nobly hath our boy
fulfilled our hope. In Venice, or elsewhere, must he ever win
distinction. But to keep them in their palazzo near us--of this and of
their happiness was I thinking--the sight of it is so beautiful."
The filing of the decree of the Senate had acted like a charm upon our
Capo of the Ten: the importance thus accorded to the Ca' Giustiniani
soothed every vestige of wounded pride, while the beauty and grace of
his prospective daughter-in-law had filled him with a triumph which only
the frigid stateliness of his habitual demeanor enabled him to conceal,
so great was the revulsion from his former state of feeling.
"I tell thee, Lady Laura," said her husband, coming nearer and speaking
low, "we may well be proud.


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