“Really!”
“In fact it matters nothing to you that Marco doesn’t put in an appearance at dinner?”
“Why do you ask me?”
“Tell me if it is true.”
“And who told you?”
“My son, your husband. He maintains that it matters nothing to you if he goes or comes, returns or doesn’t return.”
“He is right,” replied Vittoria, after a pause.
“Have you told him that, my daughter?”
“I have told him that.”
“Why? You have committed an imprudence. We must never show men that we do not value them.”