Chapter Eight
The Torrisi barnabotti slit the throats of the culprits they considered responsible for Angela’s death and their bodies ended up in the Grand Canal as rough justice demanded. Their act resulted in such violent skirmishes with the dead men’s kin that all the barnabotti hurled themselves eagerly into the fighting, which lasted until the Doge sent in his own guard to restore order. He then threatened them all with eviction from their houses and the cancellation of the allowances made for each man’s mistress if they did not keep the peace. Yet these were idle threats, as everyone knew, for the barnabotti were trouble enough already with their jealous resentment of their richer kin and the established regime in which they themselves played no part. At the slightest provocation th
