Do so; you understand! That's all." "Perfectly, uncle! Lasci fare a me! I'll see to it; though I confess I do not quite understand why we need trouble ourselves about any such gossip," said Ludovico, delighted to be able to fall in with his uncle's wishes in something.
"Well, I should have thought that you might understand.

In the first place I don't want it to be said or imagined, either here or elsewhere, that Ravenna has taken up with a singer, who could not get an engagement elsewhere.

Not that that is the case by any means.

But don't you see, if it is said that she was obliged to leave Milan, it puts us in the position of a pis aller! And I don't like that.

In the next place, I don't want to have light talk about a person whom I have had so large a share in bringing to the city.