"She pines and grows pale now, because she is thinking that she must leave her father's house so soon, and she is afraid to go among strangers.

But she will be happy by and by, like the swallows in spring." Nella remembered how frightened she herself had been when she was betrothed to her departed Vito, and she was thereby much comforted as to Marietta's condition.

But she said nothing, after Marietta had coldly repelled her first attempt to talk of the marriage, though she forgave her mistress's frigid order to be silent, telling herself that no right-minded young girl could possibly be natural and sweet tempered under the circumstances.

She was more than compensated for what might have seemed harshness, by something that looked very much like a concession.

Marietta had not gone back to the laboratory since the discovery of the new glass, and a week had passed since then.
Nella went every other day and did all that was necessary for Zorzi's recovery.