"But she will only have what you allow Contarini to give her.

The young man knows well enough that her dowry will all be paid to her husband on the day of the marriage.

It does not matter, for if he is in love he will not care much about the money." "I hope he will be careful.

Any one else may see him with her, as you did, and may warn old Contarini that his intended daughter-in-law is in love with a boy belonging to the glass-house.

The marriage would be broken off at once if that happened." "That is true." So they talked together, judging Zorzi and Marietta according to their views of human nature, which they deduced chiefly from their experience of themselves.