"It's not a bad place, you know, Signora Dias," he responded, smiling.
"Oh, how low, how monstrous! And you, Cesare, you told her that you loved her. I heard you."
"A man always loves a little the woman that is with him. Besides, I couldn't tell her that I hated her; it would scarcely have been polite. I know my book of manners. There's at least one member of our family who preserves good form."
"Cesare, you kissed her."
"I'd defy you to have done otherwise, if you'd been a man. You don't understand these matters."
"On the lips, Cesare."
"It's my habit. It's not a custom of my invention, either. It's rather old. I suspect it took its rise with Adam and Eve."
"But she's a young girl, an innocent young girl, Cesare."
"Girls are not so innocent as they used to be, Anna. I assure you the world is changing."
"She is my sister, Cesare."