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Let us go in . '' On the following morning , while they sat at breakfast , there came a messenger from the Doge of Venice , whose name Hugh learned was Andrea Dandolo , bearing a letter sealed with a great seal . This letter , when opened , was found to be from some high officer . It stated that the Doge would hold a Court at noon , after which it was his pleasure to receive the English knight who came as a messenger from the mighty monarch , King Edward , and to talk with him on matters set out in the letter of Sir Geoffrey Carleon . The writing added that the Seigneur of Cattrina , who in France was known as the Count de Noyon and in England as Sir Edmund Acour , would be present at the Court and doubtless ready to answer all questions that might be put to him . `` Then at last we shall come face to face , '' said Hugh , with a fierce laugh . `` Yes , master , '' put in Dick , `` but you 've done that several times before and always ended back to back .