What exactly did he say when he didn’t place more orders?” “He said he was grateful that we had managed to complete the orders on time, and that he would see how these pieces fared with the usual customers.” “ ‘These pieces’? Is that what he said?” “Sì.” “That means they’re different from previous work. He’s comparing them to your father’s, and they’re not as good. Klingenberg knows his glass. All the glass in the world passes through Venice, and he has seen most of it. I’ll talk to him, find out what the flaws are.
