The Thief of Venice

Authors: Jane Langton

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“*1*Many novels start with a funeral and end with a wedding. This one begins with everything at the same time—a robbery, a proposal of marriage, and a murder. Schoolgirls streamed out of the Scuola di Nostra Signora della Consolazione. They gathered in clots and clusters and hurried away, chattering and laughing. The last to come out was a little fat girl. She lingered until the others were gone, then started home by herself. "Ursula!" Sister Maddalena stood in the doorway, calling after her. T...he child turned around with a blank face. Sister Maddalena frowned. "Ursula, did you take money out of my cash box? Let me see your backpack." Without a word the little girl untangled herself from the straps and handed the backpack to Sister Maddalena. "Humph," said Sister Maddalena, groping inside it. "I'm sorry to accuse you, Ursula, but you remember that I caught you stealing before." Ursula hunched herself into her pack again and walked out of the schoolyard without a word. The shop was on the way home.MoreLess Read More Read Less