"I don't understand."
Maria Josefa bent towards her and said:
"Because they say that the father of the creature is Luis."
As she had anticipated the blow, Fernanda remained unmoved, and asked her with indifference:
"What Luis?"
"The count, girl."
"And why should it concern me that Luis is the father?"
Maria Josefa was somewhat disconcerted at this question.
"Because he was your betrothed."
"But as he is not so now," she returned, with a scornful shrug of the shoulders.