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`` Go , '' added the Inquisitor , turning to me , with a terrible voice , `` Go ; and in future judge less hastily of the administration of justice in Venice . '' Who the unknown friend was who had thus saved us from inevitable death , by interposing in our behalf the active arm of justice , we could not conjecture . Filled with terror we reached our hotel . It was past midnight . The chamberlain , Z ------- , was waiting anxiously for us at the door . `` How fortunate it was that you sent us a message , '' said he to the prince , as he lighted us up the staircase . `` The news which Baron F ----- soon after brought us respecting you from the square of St. Mark would otherwise have given us the greatest uneasiness . ''