MARINO FALIERO,
DOGE OF VENICE.
(AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.)
ACT I.
Scene I.—An Antechamber in the Ducal Palace.
Pietro speaks, in entering, to Battista.
Pie. Is not the messenger returned?[cv]
Bat. Not yet;
I have sent frequently, as you commanded,
But still the Signory[380] is deep in council,
And long debate on Steno's accusation.
Pie. Too long—at least so thinks the Doge.
Bat. How bears he
These moments of suspense?