I fancy he is in love with the daughter." "In love with the girl whom Contarini is to marry ?" asked Arisa, suddenly opening her eyes.
"Yes.

I told you what I said to the old man in his private room--it was more like a brick-kiln than a rich man's counting-house! While I was inside, the young man was talking to the girl under a tree.

I saw them through a low window as I sat discussing business with Beroviero." "You could not hear what they said, I suppose." "No.

But I could see what they looked." Aristarchi laughed at his own conceit.

"The girl was doing some kind of work.