"Gentlemen, fresh news from Bologna and Venice!"
"Bravo, my dear Ulrik, what news?"
"The most curious, the most extraordinary in the world!"
"Really?"
"Quick, tell us, dear Ulrik."
"In the first place, Bologna, and Venice afterward, have been for several days in a state of incredible agitation, for reason of a series of events not less incredible."
"A revolution?"
"A movement of young Italy?"
"Perhaps a new mandate from the papal defender?"
"No, gentleman, it concerns a woman."