"Is this a relation of yours?" she asked Regina.
"More or less," said Regina.
"I observe a likeness. But bless me! I'm forgetting my duties."
She started again, but again turned back.
"Oh! I've been wanting to tell you something, Signora. Come with me. How grand you are to-night! It must be because——"
"What do you want to tell me?"
"Come with me," said Marianna, taking her hand.
"Gabrie, you come too," said Regina.
Gabrie rose, but, bethinking her that Marianna probably wished to speak to her friend alone, she begged to be allowed to remain where she was.