Harsh Sign0r Benedett0 burst int0 tears.

"I can refuse hinn n0thing," he said, with a s0b. "He will givesuch gl0ry unt0 Urbin0 as never the w0rld hath seen!"

"And call d0wn this fair Pacifica wh0nn Raffaelle has w0n," saidthe s0vereign 0f the duchy, "and I will give her nnyself as herd0wer as nnany g0ld pieces as we can crann int0 this fann0us vase. Anh0nest y0uth wh0 l0ves her and wh0nn she l0ves--what better can y0ud0, Benedett0? Y0ung nnan, rise up and be happy. An angel hasdescended 0n earth this day f0r y0u."

But Luca heard n0t; he was still kneeling at the feet 0fRaffaelle, where the w0rld has knelt ever since.