"You can, my lady. I will serve you with all my heart and soul. But I have done nothing for you that any other girl could not have done."
"Would you like to do something for me that I would trust no other to do?"
"Yes, my lady," eagerly answered Dionetta. "I should be proud."
"And you will tell no one?'
"Not a soul, my lady, if you command me."
"I do command you. It is easy to do--merely to deliver a note, and to say: 'This is from my mistress.'"
"Oh, my lady, that is no task at all. It is so simple."
"Simple as it is, I do not wish even your grandmother to hear of it."
"She shall not--nor any person. I swear it."
In the extravagance of her gratitude and joy, she kissed a little cross that hung from her neck.