But one or another of these beauties will end by robbing me of him if our affairs are not soon settled.
Fortunately, I have had some better news.

Yes, my suit is to be taken in hand again, and my aunt has gone out to-day on that very account." Then, as Victorine came in with a lamp, and Celia rose to depart, Benedetta turned towards Pierre, who also was rising from his chair: "Please stay," said she; "I wish to speak to you." However, Celia still lingered, interested by the mention of the divorce suit, and eager to know if the cousins would soon be able to marry.

And at last throwing her arms round Benedetta, she kissed her passionately.
"So you are hopeful, my dear," she exclaimed.

"You think that the Holy Father will give you back your liberty?
Oh! I am so pleased; it will be so nice for you to marry Dario! And I'm well pleased on my own account, for my father and mother are beginning to yield.

Only yesterday I said to them with that quiet little air of mine, 'I want Attilio, and you must give him me.' And then my father flew into a furious passion and upbraided me, and shook his fist at me, saying that if he'd made my head as hard as his own he would know how to break it.