A Venetian Reckoning (Commissario Brunetti, #4)

by Donna Leon

“I’m not sure it’s all that much larger an issue, but I think if I were to speak slightingly of you, it would be wrong.” “You always speak slightingly of me,” Brunetti said, forcing himself to smile. “No, Guido, I speak slightingly to you. That’s different. I would never say any of those things about you.”