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the Sultan of Egypt。       So I went to Cairo。       I had a month on my hands�察�so 

I thought I'd run over and see Venice�察�because it's a hobby of mine�察�you 

might say�察�to see the world。 

     ;Now let me reckon。         Four and three makes seven�察�and four more are 

eleven�察�and six are seventeen�察�and let us say nine with that�察�and you have 

twenty´six。      And     the  month    I'm   forgettng    on  the   rocks   of   Aden     is 

twenty´seven�察�and a week here and a week there for bad winds and such 

like。   It would be safe to put that at three months。            So it's two years and 

a half since I left China。; 

     ;You never�察─�says young Marco�察 �met anybody in China by the name 

of Polo�拭─�

     ;Poh´lo�拭     �Poh´lo�拭    �China's   a   bigger   place   nor   you   would   imagine�察�

laddie。    There's half a hundred million people there。; 

     ;These   were   foreigners�察─  �Marco   explained�察   �traders。        They   were   at 

the court of the great Khan。; 

     ;Polo�拭    �Polo�拭    �Well�察�now�察�I think I've heard of them。             Was one of 

them a big red´bearded man with a great eye for a horse and a great eye 

for a woman�拭─�

     ;That would be my Uncle Matthew。; 



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     ;For God's sake�        �And was the other a cold�察�dark man�察�a good judge 

of a jewel and a grand judge of a sword�拭─�

     ;My father�察�Nicholas Polo。; 

     ;For God's sake�        �You're the son of one and the nephew of the other�拭─�

     ;Did you know them�拭─�

     ;Ah�察�laddie�察�how would I be knowing people like that�                   �Sure�察�they're 

great   folks�察  �high   in   the   esteem   of   the   grand   Khan�察  �and   I'm   only   a   poor 

sailorman。; 

     ;But you heard of them。; 

     ;I heard of them。       They were in good health。           And I heard they were 

on   their   way   home�察  �though   they   would   travel   overland   and   not   risk   the 

great dangers of the sea。          I suppose�察�if they go back to China�察�you'll be 

going with them�拭─�

     ;I don't know�察─�says Marco Polo。 

     ;You ought to see China。          It's a great country�察�a beautiful country。; 

     ;It would have to be very great and beautiful�察─�says Marco Polo�察 �to 

out´weigh the greatness and the beauty that are here。                  You mustn't think 

I'm running down your country�察�mister�察─�says he�察 �but for greatness�察�where 

is the beating of Venice in this day�拭            �What struck Constantinople like a 

thunderbolt   but   the   mailed   hand   of   Venice�拭  �When   the   Barbary   corsairs 

roamed the seven seas�察�so that it was no more safe for a merchant vessel to 

be   sailing   than   for   a   babe   to   be   walking   through   a   wild   jungle�察  �it   was 

Venice who accepted the challenge and made the great sea as peaceful as 

the Grand Canal。        Who humbled proud Genoa�拭              �And hurled the Saracen 

from Saint John of Acre's walls�拭�Venice。                And as for magnificence�察�the 

retinue of our doge when he goes to marry the sea with a ring it makes the 

court of Lorenzo seem like a huckster's train。; 

     ;It is a crowning city。; 

     ;And as for beauty�察�sir�察─�went on Marco Polo�察 �there is nothing in the 

world   like   San   Marco's�察  �and   it   ablaze   in   the   setting   sun�察  �and   the   great 

pillars before it rising in tongues of flame。          And was there ever in all time 

anything      like  the   Grand    Canal    at   the  dusk    of  day�察  �and   the   torches 

beginning   to   show   like   fireflies�察  �and   the   lap   of   the   water�察  �and   stringed 

music�察  �and   the   great   barges   going   by   like   swans�察  �now   a   battle´hacked 



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captain     of  war�察  �now    a  great   gracious    lady�拭   �And     the  moon     does   be 

rising。 。 。 

     ;You've sailed all the way from China and seen strange and beautiful 

things�察   �but  I  remember      one   summer's      day�察 �when    I  took   out   my   little 

sailing´boat and went out on the water to compose a poem for a lady�察�and 

the water was blue  oh�察�as blue as the sky's self�察�and the sands of the Lido 

were silver�察�and the water shuffled gently over them�察�as gently as a child's 

little feet。   And there was a clump of olive´trees there so green as to be 

black�察�and there alighted before it a great scarlet Egyptian bird。                 And the 

beauty of that brought the tears to my eyes�察�so that I thought of nuns in 

their   cells   and   barefoot   friars   in   the   hollow   lands�察  �and   they   striving   for 

paradise。     What      did  I  care   about   paradise�拭    �A   Venetian     I。  So    why 

should I want to go to China�拭─�

     ;You have made a great case for the grandeur and beauty of Venice�察─�

says the sea´captain。        ;It is lovely�察�surely�察─�says he�察�filling his pipe�察 �but 

finer poets nor you�察�my lad�察─�says he�察�lighting it�察 �have tried to describe 

the   grace   and   beauty   of   Tao´Tuen�察  �and�察─  �says   he   taking   a   draw�察   �have 

failed。; 

     ;Tao´Tuen is a beautiful name。           It is like two notes plucked on a harp。 

And it must be a wonderful place�察�surely�察�if great poets cannot describe it。; 

     ;It is not a place�察─�said the captain�察 �it's a girl。; 

     ;As for women�察�Venice ; 

     ;Venice be damned� ─�said the sea´captain。               ;Not in Venice�察�not in all 

the world�察�is there the like for grace or beauty of Tao´Tuen。 They call her 

Golden Bells�察─�he says。 

     ;Is she a dancing´girl�拭─�Marco asked。 

     ;She is not a dancing´girl�察─�says the sea´captain�察 �she is the daughter 

of Kubla�察�the great Khan。; 

     ;A cold and beautiful princess�察─�says Marco Polo。 

     ;She is not a cold and beautiful princess�察─�says the sea´captain。 ;She is 

warm as the sun in early June�察�and she may be beautiful and a princess�察�

but   we   all   think   of   her   as   Golden   Bells�察  �the   little   girl   in   the   Chinese 

garden。; 

     ;Did you ever see her�拭─�says Marco�察�eagerly。               ;Tell me。; 



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     ;I saw her before I left�察─�says the sea´captain。            ;I was at the Khan's 

palace of   Chagannor�察─  �says   he�察   �seeing   of   the   chief of the stewards   was 

there anything I could get for him�察�and I in foreign parts。               And as I was 

being rowed back along the river by my ten brawny sailormen�察�what did I 

pass but the garden of Golden Bells。 

     ;And   there   she   was   by   the   river´side�察  �a   little   brown   slip   of   a   girl   in 

green coat and trousers�察�with a flower in her dark hair。 

     ;And I lower my head in reverence as we pass by。               But I hear her low�察�

merry voice�察�by reason of which they call her Golden Bells。 

     ;'Ho�察�master of the vessel。' she calls。        'Where do you go��' 

     ;And the sailors back water with a swish�察�and I stand up respectfully�察�

for all she is only a slip of a girl。 

     ;'I go to foreign parts�察�Golden Bells��' I tell her�察�'to far and dangerous 

places�察�into the Indian Ocean。          To the Island of Unicorns and to the land 

where men eat men。' 

     ;'I hope you come back safe�察�master of the vessel��' she says。                'I hope 

you have a good voyage and come back safe。                It must be a dreadful strain 

on your people to think of you so far away。' 

     ;'In all this wide land��' I tell her�察�'there is none to worry about me。              I 

have neither chick nor child。' 

     ;'Golden Bells   will worry  about you�察 �then��'  she said�察 �'and you   in   the 

hazards of the sea。       And take this flower for luck。'        And she gave me the 

flower 

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