his way out among the thronging craft toward the lagoon, which was swimming in a golden mist.
Pietro rowed in the other direction, and there was a friendly exchange of greetings between the passing gondolas.
"Did you see that?" Geoffry asked, as they came out upon the broad bosom of the Grand Canal.
"Yes; I saw it, Geof," his mother answered; "I feel as if we had all received the benediction."