Chapter VIII

The Sun of Venice set!--Many short-lived Doges
and Dogaressas--Games at Cards--A stout unwieldy
Dogaressa!--Another Hero-Doge--The Morea conquered--“Woman
maketh Man!”--A wrinkled face--Loss of Candia--Universal
idleness and indulgence--Venice dying as a whirling
ballet-dancer!--A virtuous Dogaressa--Her cell a
treasure-house--A Princess-costumier--A dress of
solid gold!--A costly wedding--The Tragedy of Madonna
Francesca Grimani-Mocenigo--A Lady-bountiful--A
Cultured Dogaressa--Polissena--A Rope-dancer Dogal
spouse, Margherita Delmaz--“Stop that bell!”--Agnello
Emo the last Captain of Venice--The Last Scene--Feeble
Doge Lodovico Manin--A despairing Dogaressa--The
roar of cannon!--Abdication of the Doge--The Regalia
burnt--Buonaparte hands Venice over to Austria--“_La
Republica xe Morta_” 292–314

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

An Ideal Portrait--Dogaressa Teodora Selvo, _Frontispiece_

La Maga Irene holding a Reception, _To face page_ 4

Il Sposalizio--The Betrothal Ring, „ 24

La Cazza del Toro--Bull-running, „ 36

A Typical Family Group, „ 46

The Dogaressa and her Maids of Honour, „ 62

Going to a Masked Ball, „ 76

A Mystic Dance, „ 92

Doge Reniero and Dogaressa Aloicia Zeno, „ 102

A Court Ball Parade, „ 118

Doge Francesco and Dogaressa Elisabetta Dandolo, „ 138

Two Courtesans and Pets, „ 152

Festa Campestre--Picnic on the Brenta, „ 162

La Ninfa--A Love Affair, „ 176

Marriage Reception in a Palace, „ 192

Fashionable Hair-dressing, „ 208

Dance in a Villa Garden, „ 216

Le Novizze--Brides in Gondolas, „ 226

A Bride’s Debut, „ 238

Dogaressas Zilia Dandolo-Priuli; Loredana
Marcello-Mocenigo; and Cecilia Contarini-Venier, „ 254

Dogaressa Loredana Marcello-Mocenigo, „ 268

Dogaressa Morosina Morosini-Grimani, „ 282

A Game at Cards--“_La Trappola_,” „ 294

The Fortune-Teller, „ 304