“And Maria?”
“Maria is telling that she would becoming a monkey-woman.”
“What do you mean?”
“How do you say in English the lady-priest, the monaca?”
“Oh! yes,—a nun. But it seems a pity she should take such a serious step. It is a dreadful story, Peppino.”
“Yes; and I am fortunate because I also meet the bad woman.”
“Was Alfio’s widow a friend of yours?”
“No; I meet her in London.”
“I’m glad she did not stab you.”
“Not the widow—some other woman.”