You need not pretend surprise, for I have done harm.

I did not forsee what would be thought of my hasty conduct, and even if I were wicked; can you expect a woman to have the loftiness of genius like him, and the force for resisting temptation like you ?" "Like me!" ejaculated Antonino, starting.
"Yes; can you deny that you have had to wrestle and are wrestling now with yourself most strenuously ?" He averted his eyes and made no reply.
"Child that you are," she resumed.

"You were right when you just now said that you could keep the secret of others better than your own.

Can the eyes of an honest youth like you deceive those of a wayward woman like me?
I thank you for the effort you have made--and the silence your lips have preserved.

It matters not.