They are really her property--she must not refuse to receive what is her own." Ferrari hesitated and looked at me earnestly.
"You--WILL visit her--she may rely on your coming for a certainty, I hope ?" I smiled.

"You seem very anxious about it.

May I ask why ?" "I think," he replied at once, "that it would embarrass the countess very much if you gave her no opportunity to thank you for so munificent and splendid a gift--and unless she knew she could do so, I am certain she would not accept it." "Make yourself quite easy," I answered.

"She shall thank me to her heart's content.

I give you my word that within a few days I will call upon the lady--in fact you said you would introduce me--I accept your offer!" He seemed delighted, and seizing my hand, shook it cordially.
"Then in that case I will gladly take the jewels to her," he exclaimed.
"And I may say, count, that had you searched the whole world over, you could not have found one whose beauty was more fitted to show them off to advantage.