You cannot, without a reason, ask Donna Bianca to refuse to receive him--" "Oh!--if she ever guessed--" Veronica checked herself, still blushing, but Taquisara was too sincerely in earnest to smile at the slip she had made.
"That is all," he said.

"There is neither appointment, nor engagement, nor anything but the possibility of a meeting which you cannot be sure of avoiding, unless you never come to see your friend, or unless you give her some unjust reason for not letting him come, in case he calls.
There is nothing but chance.

How can I tell whether you will come to-morrow, or not?
I shall perhaps never know, for I shall not come with him.

I have been here to-day--what excuse could I give for calling again to-morrow?
Donna Bianca would think it strange.

I can hope, for his sake.