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"I come from a family of murderous beasts," I lied "They'll follow you to the ends of the Earth if you think of taking me out of here; they'll dismantle your castles stone by stone, chop you in half and cut out your tongue and your private parts, wrap the Now calm down "
"Oh, you bright, saucy little deel and hold forth like a tavern knave in that sweet crooning mannish voice "
"That's aily
I got up, dressed hastily, warning him not to kill me just yet, as I would return as soon as I possibly could, longing to be nowhere but with hi him hastily, I made for the door
He hovered in the bed, his dagger still tightly clutched in his hand, the feathers having settled on his carrot-colored head and on his shoulders and on his beard He looked truly dangerous
I'd lost count of the nights of my absence
I could find no churches open I wanted no company
It was dark and cold The curfew had come down Of course the Venetian winter seemed mild to me after the snowy lands of the north, where I'd been born, but it was nevertheless an oppressive and da breezes purified the city, it was inhospitable and unnaturally quiet The illiave forth the chill as if they were blocks of ice
On a water stairs, I sat, not caring that it was brutally wet, and I burst into tears What had I learned from all this?
I felt very sophisticated on account of this education But I had no war waruilt, worse than the feeling of being damned
Indeed it see utterly alone As I sat there looking up at the tiny in of black Heaven, at the few stars that drifted over the roofs of the houses, I sensed how utterly terrible it would be to lose both uilt si bothered to love h the world with only those hulish lord with his dagger, even my beloved Bianca
It was to her house that I went I climbed under her bed, as I'd done in the past, and wouldn't come out
She was entertaining a whole flock of Englishmen, but not, fortunately,around in the feathers, and I thought, Well, ifLord Harlech shows up, he won't risk sha a fool out of hioith a fortune of radiant pearls around her neck She knelt down and put her head near mine
"Amadeo, what's the matter with you?"
I had never asked for her favors ToBut inseee her