Venice Interlude Weaving Grand Canal Romance and Art
In October Venice, Kathleen Hesslegrave and Rufus Mortimer enjoy a private gondola ride with Arnold Willoughby, a bold sailor-artist. Kathleen bonds with Willoughby as they tour Tintoretto and San Rocco, while Mrs Hesslegrave frowns on the unlikely companionship and lingering social tensions surface along the Frari and Giudecca passages.
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Venice
Rufus Mortimer
Cristoforo Colombo
Grand Canal
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Kathleen
A Case of Conscience in a Wealthy London Scene
Mrs Hesslegrave risks social pride as a beggar greets her with a bowing old man by the water. Kathleen assists in a comic search for coins while Rufus Mortimer and Arnold Willoughby react to the chance encounter during a charity moment at the academy doors.
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Frari
Tullo
Mortimer
Venice
Mr. Willoughby
Reginald
Arnold
Kathleen
Ven
Canals
Academy
Earl of
Axminster
Arnold Willoughby
Campagna
Tintoretto
St. Mark’s
Burns
Shakespeare
Keats
Giotto
Mrs. Hesslegrave
Rufus Mortimer
Calle San Moise
Giudecca
Rio
Rialto
London
Vane
Anak
Aveilaldo
Sailor Painter Arnold Willoughby Confesses Moral Dilemma
Kathleen learns Arnold Willoughby cherishes both art and a sailor’s life. He argues a man should earn his keep by honest work, choosing with conscience between painting and seafaring. He explains how art drew him, yet usefulness and moral duty shaped his path before the Piazza reveal.
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Ana
Kathleen
Arnold Willoughby
Mr. Willoughby
Mr. Mortimer
Albert Ogilvie Redburn
Earl of
Axminster
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Mrs. Nesslegrave
Arnot Willoughby
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North Sea
Vintoretto
Scuola di San Rocco
San Rocco
Titian
Magdalene
Bethesda
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Maywood, Ill
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Guth’s Restaurant
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Linden Park
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the Vinpicator
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Walnut Avenue
Austin, Ill
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R. H. Zilly
Jersey Dairy
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