She was very angry.

The dance for which she was engaged to Giovanni Saracinesca had begun, and was already half over, and still he did not come.

Her pink face was unusually flushed, and there was a disagreeable look in her blue eyes.
"Ah!--I see Don Giovanni has again forgotten his engagement," said Ugo, in smooth tones.

He well knew that he himself had brought about the omission, but none could have guessed it from his manner.

"May I have the honour of a turn before your cavalier arrives ?" he asked.
"No," said Donna Tullia, angrily.