I hate her, but she is handsome.

You cannot deny that." "I do not deny it, I'm sure!" The Contessa hardly knew what to say.
"Very well.

Would it not be much better for Marcello if he married me than if he let Regina marry him, as she will!" "I--possibly--you put it so strangely! But I am sure Marcello will never think of marrying her." "Then why does he go about with her, and what is it all for ?" Aurora gazed innocently at her mother, waiting for an answer which did not come.

"Besides," she added, "the girl will marry him, of course." "Perhaps.

I daresay you are right, and after all, she may be in love with him.