Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, Vol. 2 of 3
After a time he said one day to the master, 'i would that you should build for me a palace, and fashion therein a certain room constructed so as to be fitted to contain all the treasures and all the chattels of the Venetian state;' where upon the master straightway set going the works for the construction of such a palace as the Doge had spoken of, and amongst the other chambers thereof he built one, fairer and better placed than all the rest, in which should be deposited the treasure aforesaid. And in the wall of this chamber he worked with subtle art and great ingenuity a certain stone which could be taken in and out, deem ing the while that he might thereby be able to make his way into the chamber whenever he might desire. And the se cret of this entrance was known to no one in the world save himself.
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