Valour And Vanity
“It was in the building Signor Sanuto had taken them to, but the bank had no knowledge of him. They did recall the incident when an older gentleman had slipped on the stairs, but he had said that he was an agent of Vincent’s. That was when the forgeries began.
Without comment, the capo had loaded them back into the boat and returned with them to Murano, where the bulk of their creditors remained. The station house he took them to sat off Murano’s Grand Canal and had a full complement of polizia ...standing outside. The badge of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia was emblazoned on the wall over the hearth. Light from an enclosed courtyard shone merrily through the windows on to a large desk, as though to mock them.
The capo slid a paper across the desk. “Is this from your banker?”
Vincent picked it up and looked more ill than he had since they had been at sea. His skin turned grey, and all the vitality seemed to suck out of his skin. “It is.” The paper in his hand trembled slightly as he handed it to Jane.MoreLess
Without comment, the capo had loaded them back into the boat and returned with them to Murano, where the bulk of their creditors remained. The station house he took them to sat off Murano’s Grand Canal and had a full complement of polizia ...standing outside. The badge of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia was emblazoned on the wall over the hearth. Light from an enclosed courtyard shone merrily through the windows on to a large desk, as though to mock them.
The capo slid a paper across the desk. “Is this from your banker?”
Vincent picked it up and looked more ill than he had since they had been at sea. His skin turned grey, and all the vitality seemed to suck out of his skin. “It is.” The paper in his hand trembled slightly as he handed it to Jane.MoreLess
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