(_Seeing her surprise._) Oh, it was a gift to me from his highness for a
special service I did him, and as such must be treasured.

GRACIOSA
Perhaps, then, I shall see yon at court, Messer Guido, who are the friend
of princes?

GUIDO
If you do, I ask only that in noisy Florence you remember this quiet
garden.

GRACIOSA
(_Looks at him silently, then glances at the portrait. She speaks with
evident disappointment._) Is this the Duke?

GUIDO
You may see his arms on it, and on the back his inscription.

GRACIOSA
Yes, but--(_looking at the portrait again_)--but ... he is ... so ...

GUIDO
You are astonished at his highness' coloring? That he inherits from his
mother. She was, you know, a blackamoor.

GRACIOSA
And my sisters wrote me he was like a god!

GUIDO
Such observations are court etiquette.