“That I must ask you, and that he would offer no opposition.”
“Then we should leave Naples together.”
“Directly, dearest, and thenceforth death alone would part us.”
“We will talk of it to-morrow, dear Don Giacomo, and if I can make you happy I am sure you will do the same by me.”
As she spoke these delightful words the duke came in.
“Don Giacomo and I are talking of marrying,” said she.
“Marriage, mia carissima,” he replied, “ought to be well considered beforehand.”
“Yes, when one has time; but my dear Giacomo cannot wait, and we shall have plenty of time to think it over afterwards.”
“As you are going to marry,” said the duke, “you can put off your departure, or return after the wedding.”
“I can neither put it off nor return, my dear duke. We have made up our minds, and if we repent we have plenty of time before us.”