"Now you know what I want of you," I declared. And the feast will leave all of Venice in awe." And I shall count upon you as much as I count upon Bianca or Vincenzo. We will use our greatest skill to pass among our guests as human. Over and over again, you will dance with Bianca. On that night, here, we will dance with our invited guests. "All this will happen after the great feast that Bianca will start preparing.
Only as sunrise approached did the guests begin to take their leave, with the gondolas lined up before the front doors, and we had to break from the duty of accepting farewells to find our own way to the safety of our gold-lined grave. He had taken my advice and continued in his love of them, and now amid the blazing candelabra and the sweet music, he was radiant with happiness and whispered in my ear when he could that he could ask for nothing finer than this night. I felt only the loving heat of mortal eyes. Again he nodded.Īmadeo embraced me before we parted to lie in our coffins.īut what could compare to this night of dancing and wandering amid mortal guests who commented gently and drunkenly on my paintings, sometimes asking me why I had painted this or that? As in the past, no critical word struck my heart deeply. And into the hands of your human family you can place whatever wealth you wish."Ī faint smile came over his face. You will tell me all you remember and I will take you where you want to go. Suffering may distort my backward glances, but even to suffering, some memories will yield nothing of their beauty or their splendor. No MATTER how long we exist, we have our memories- points in time which time itself cannot erase.
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