"Why out of the question?"
"There are a thousand reasons. I could not have it."
"Then I will say nothing more about it. But there is a romance there,—something quite touching."
"You don't mean that she has—a lover?"
"Well;—yes."
"And she lost her husband only the other day,—lost him in so terrible a manner! If that is so, certainly I do not wish to see her again."
"Ah, that is because you don't know the story."
"I don't wish to know it."
"The man who now wants to marry her knew her long before she had seen Lopez, and had offered to her ever so many times. He is a fine fellow, and you know him."
"I had rather not hear any more about it," said the Duke, walking away.