"You loved her so--" "Teresina?
No.

I never loved Teresina, but I never knew you did, or I would not have let you believe it.

It is much more I who have cheated you, Bastianello, and when you and Teresina are married I will give you half my earnings, just as I now put them in the bank." "God be blessed!" exclaimed Bastianello, touching his cap, and staring at the same vessel that had attracted Ruggiero's attention.
"She carries royal studding-sails," observed Ruggiero.

"You do not often see that in our part of the world." "That is true," said Bastianello.

"But I was not thinking of her, when I looked.