They could hear Carlino and Chieco talking.

Di Leyni, who occupied bachelor's quarters on the Sant' Onofrio hillside, offered them eagerly.

But what about the warrant?
What if they were only waiting to serve it until Benedetto should have left the Senator's house?
Jeanne calmly denied the possibility of an arrest.

The Selvas looked at her, full of admiration for that forced calm.

For some time past Jeanne had suspected that they were acquainted with Benedetto's real name.
Was it then possible that Noemi (though, indeed, she had admonished her often enough) should never have allowed a word to escape her?
A moment before, when they had exchanged those silent and sorrowful glances, the Selvas and Jeanne had understood one another, Giovanni and his wife saw that if Jeanne were thus heroically controlling herself it was not on their account, but on di Leyni's account.