But it would not.

He would be very angry.' This is what I thought; and I pulled you up.

And now, I will not let you hurt yourself in getting down, because he would be angry with me if he knew that it was my fault." Aurora listened to this extraordinary argument in silent surprise.

She was not in the least frightened, but she saw at a glance that Regina was quite in earnest, and she knew her own people, and that the Roman peasants are not the gentlest of the Italians.
"He would be very angry," Regina repeated.

"I am sure he would!" "Why should he be angry ?" Aurora asked, in a tone half contemptuous and yet half sad.
"I know he would, because when he raved in his fever he used to call for you." Aurora started and fixed her eyes on Regina's.
"Yes," Regina said, answering the look.