[During this invocation the Countess Fulvia has crept in, a stiletto in her hand.

But even the stiletto of a Bravo is honorable, compared to that sword of pretended justice which St. Mark wields!

Meanwhile, there was going on a duel, the weapons of which were not pianos, but those invisible stilettos with which two women conduct a deadly feud, and politely tear each other's eyes out.