Mrs.Light believes that something may yet be done, and that Christina will listen to you.

She begs you to come and see her before it is too late." "But all this, my dear Cavaliere, is none of my business," Rowland objected.

"I can't possibly, in such a matter, take the responsibility of advising Miss Light." The Cavaliere fixed his eyes for a moment on the floor, in brief but intense reflection.

Then looking up, "Unfortunately," he said, "she has no man near her whom she respects; she has no father!" "And a fatally foolish mother!" Rowland gave himself the satisfaction of exclaiming.
The Cavaliere was so pale that he could not easily have turned paler; yet it seemed for a moment that his dead complexion blanched.

"Eh, signore, such as she is, the mother appeals to you.