[Looking at Medici.
Medici
Why not?
Paulo
To add this gold and blue and scarlet is—for me—a lie.
Lucia
Oh, my beloved, think, think a little, and weigh your words!
Medici
My offer stands—but not against unreasonable resistance. I repeat it: this picture at your figure, and seven years to paint the ceilings, with a certain freedom in design and subject, and permission to do your own work in your leisure. It is a matter to conclude now quickly. (Ominously.) It is not amusing, though it may be novel, for a Medici to be thwarted of his will—his deep design. (Bows.)