"Che cosa? Il cuor me palpita. Io tremo," murmured La Rocca.
She retreated a step. Whereupon the Senator at once fell back again in great confusion.
"Washy, washy," he repeated mechanically, as his mind was utterly vague and distrait.
"Uassi-Uassi?" repeated the other interrogatively.
"Me——"
"Tu," said she, with tender emphasis.
"Wee, mounseer," said he, with utter desperation.
The Signora shook her head.
"Non capisco. Ma quelle, balordaggini ed intormentimente, che sono si non segni manifesti d'amore?"
"I don't understand, marm, a single word of that."