"Why not?"
"Why not? Dearest San Miniato, do not try to make me argue such insane questions with you. You know how lazy I am. I can never talk."
"A woman need not talk in order to be persuaded. It is enough that the man should. Let me try."
"I will shut my ears."
"I will kneel at your feet."
"I shall go to sleep."
"I could wake you."
"How?"
"By telling you that I mean to speak to Donna Beatrice myself."
"Such an idea would wake the dead!"