"Heavens! And am I to mix myself up in these tragical complications? No, Anna, no, I sha'n't budge."
"Is there no prayer that can move you. Will you always answer no?"
"I shall always say no."
"Even if I begged you at the point of death?"
"Fortunately your health is excellent," he rejoined, smiling slightly.
"We may all die—from one moment to another," she answered, simply. "Let us go away together, Cesare."
"I have said no, and I mean no, Anna. Don't try to change me. You know it's useless."
"Then will you grant me another favour? This one you will grant."
"Let's hear it."
"Let us go and live alone in the palace in Via Gerolimini."