Chapter 6
Tiziana Bembo Badoer pressed the paper to her chest. After eleven months of separation she had received a letter hurriedly written by Cosimo, taking advantage of the fact that his caravan had met in its road a merchant who was on his way back to Venice, with little merchandise left and enough jewels and pearls after a profitable stay . The merchant, in fact a very distant cousin of the Bembo family and who knew Andrea of his childhood, had given Tiziana guarantees that the young man and his uncle were very well and satisfied with the results of their journey.
The letter, after swearing that he infinitely missed her, extended to the wonders of Asia and in particular mentioned the beauty of Asian women. Tiziana had references to them in social sewing meetings with other merchants
