I could have married Don Gianluca della Spina.

Perhaps you know that.

Did you?
I did; but I will not tell you how.

Only, you see--I did not care for him." Bosio had recovered his self-possession, which had been only momentarily shaken.

For there had been no surprise--he had known what to expect.
"I only knew lately of the Spina's proposal," he said.