"A little. But it's very becoming," said Gabrie, tasting the tea.
"Thank you, dear!"
"You're much the prettiest here. Isn't she, Signor Antonio?"
"The prettiest and the best dressed."
"You're overwhelming me, you two," said Regina; "you're a pair of flatterers, that's what you are!"
"She's grown fatter, hasn't she," said Antonio to Gabrie. "Do you remember how thin she was? By Jove, she was a fright!"
"Thank you, my dear!" said Regina.
"No, she wasn't a fright. She was thin, certainly. But when she came home last year she was thin then. And quite green, she was! And always in a bad humour! She was afraid you had run away from her, Signor Antonio, and was always watching for the postman——"
"Who told you that?" asked Regina, astonished.
"I saw it. But the moment Signor Antonio arrived——"