"Five days."
"And the wax doll was found the day before yesterday."
"Well, what of it?"
"Nothing. One can't stop people talking and they say all sorts of things .... And why do you sit at home hiding from everyone and only come out at night?"
Her face worked suddenly, the eyes flashed angrily, the lips trembled and she said, looking straight at Dio:
"Are you his concubine?"
"Whose?"
"Tuta's."
Dio clasped her hands in dismay.
"What nonsense, princess darling!"