"Eh, dear signore, the Christina is very romantic!" "So much so, you intimate, that she will eventually retract, in consequence not of a change of sentiment, but of a mysterious outward pressure ?" "If everything else fails, there is that resource.

But it is mysterious, as you say, and you need n't try to guess it.

You will never know." "The poor signorina, then, will suffer!" "Not too much, I hope." "And the poor young man! You maintain that there is nothing but disappointment in store for the infatuated youth who loses his heart to her!" The Cavaliere hesitated.

"He had better," he said in a moment, "go and pursue his studies in Florence.

There are very fine antiques in the Uffizi!" Rowland presently joined Mrs.Light, to whom her restless protege had not yet returned.