:30:00
Go make yourself useful.
Give us a rhyme.
:30:03
I'm no performing monkey
for the idle masses.
:30:05
Since when?
:30:07
We're all of us
performing monkeys, nephew.
:30:10
Paupers and poets alike.
:30:14
I'm at your service, Uncle.
:30:16
If it's rhyme you wish,
I'll gladly oblige.
:30:22
A subject?
:30:24
Doge?
:30:27
Venice. To celebrate our plenty.
:30:33
Born in glory
:30:35
The virgin's exultation
:30:38
Fair and mighty Venice
:30:41
Queen of the sea
:30:42
Unconquered maid
:30:45
Sovereign isle is she
:30:53
Chaste goddess
:30:54
Rising from the foamy depths
:30:59
Wine?
:31:01
Please.
:31:25
Signor Venier? Don't be absurd.
:31:28
I'm not being absurd.
I'm just...
:31:30
...treating you with indifference,
as you did me.
:31:33
You confuse indifference with honesty.
:31:36
You confuse honesty with venality.
:31:38
You think me venal?
:31:40
You are a venal cur.
:31:44
Hello, Marco.
:31:45
Something I can do for you?
:31:58
Here, beauty, wit and wealth combined