"The oldest and dirtiest part of the city! What could the child care for the Brides of Venice? Now be reasonable, Owen!"
"It's a romantic story. I thought girls liked such things,—about getting married."
"And that's the reason you took her yesterday to show her the Bucentaur that the doges wedded the Adriatic in! Well, what was your idea in going with her to the Cemetery of San Michele?"
"I thought she would be interested. I had never been there before myself, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to verify a passage I was at work on. We always show people the cemetery at home."
"That was considerate. And why did you go to Canarregio on Wednesday?"
"I wished her to see the statue of Sior Antonio Rioba; you know it was the Venetian Pasquino in the Revolution of '48—"
"And the Campo di Giustizia, where the executions used to take place."
"Delightful!"
"And—and—the house of Tintoretto," faltered Elmore.