Bianca had guessed it almost immediately, and had purposely sat down to the piano to look over the music.

It would seem natural, she thought, when Veronica came, that she should resume her seat, and play or sing, with Ghisleri to turn over the pages for her, while Veronica and Gianluca could talk.

She was too loyal to her friend, and too discreet, to have given Ghisleri a hint, even had she been able to do so after Gianluca had come.

But events proved to her that she was right.
When Veronica, at last, spoke to the younger man, there was an evident constraint in her manner.

He, on his part, blushed suddenly pink, and then turned white again, almost in a moment.