“I know that, also.”
“Well, the time has come to wrest it from her.”
“How? In what manner?”
“Thou wilt see. As thy father loved thee so dearly—”
“Ah! he loved me much!” exclaimed Tito.
“I have told thee not to interrupt. As thy father loved thee so dearly, he did not leave this world without thinking very seriously of thy future.”
“What! did the Count not die intestate?”
“Where did’st thou get that idea?”
“It is so understood by everybody.”
“Pure invention of the Countess, to secure the Count’s money, and make a favorite nephew her heir.”