“What work does she?”

“Straw-plaiting.”

“Do you think she would like to come to America?”

“Not unless—unless——”

“Well?”

“Not unless Armando came.”

“Armando? An amante, I suppose?”

“Yes, aunt; her amante.”

“Bah!” Her spinster mind did not count this a serious matter. “Perhaps I shall send for her.”

“She wouldn’t leave Armando.”