"I will tell her that you asked after her." "Is she as beautiful as ever ?" inquired Folco.
"She is a very pretty girl." "She is beautiful," Folco said, with conviction.

"I have never seen such a beautiful girl as she was, even when she was not quite grown up.

No one ever had such hair and such eyes, and such a complexion!" "Dear me!" exclaimed Maddalena with a little surprise.

"I had no idea that you thought her so good-looking!" "I always did.

As for Marcello, we used to think he would never have eyes for any one else." "Young people who have known each other well as children rarely fall in love when they grow up," answered Maddalena.
"So much the better," Folco said.