"Possibly so; but then she makes love to you, and that renders matters worse yet."
"I assure you that your jealousy leads you into error."
"Oh! Do you think we have no telescopes in the house? I have witnessed the last interesting scene as if I were on the spot."
"Then I can only wish that your hearing might have been as much increased by some instrument as your vision by the telescope, so that you might have heard our discourse, and not guessed at it by sight."
"Did you not find a four-leaved clover, and offer it to Cenni?"
"Yes, here it is; take it, my boy, and marry your Cenni, with my blessing!"
"Take care! I may take you at your word!"
"And welcome! I'll be your best man."
"That's a bargain. And, now that I see that you are really not going to play the traitor with me, I'll tell you the whole truth. I am mad with love for Cenni; and then, too, she has a million florins from her grandfather, and this money would come in well to help me carry out my plans. But my aunt does not consent to give the girl to me. She says I am a libertine, a frivol viveur, etc., and she won't take the responsibility of trusting me with the dear child."
"Tell her you will reform, you will change after marriage."