Good-bye; I do so wish you had come." "I was very sorry," answered Corona, quietly, "but it was impossible.

I am glad you all enjoyed it so much.

Good-bye." So they parted.
"How she wishes that same husband of hers would follow the example of my excellent old Mayer, of blessed memory, and take himself out of the world to-day or to-morrow!" thought Donna Tullia, as she walked up the church.
She was sure something unusual had occurred, and she longed to fathom the mystery.

But she was not altogether a bad woman, and when she had collected her thoughts she made up her mind that even by the utmost stretch of moral indulgence, she could not consider herself in a proper state to undertake so serious a matter as confession.

She therefore waited a few minutes, to give time for Corona to drive away, and then turned back.