“Very well. We’ll go over this matter.”
Fanny rose to leave; she nodded slightly to Esther and held out her hand to her cousin.
“No hard feelings?” asked Roberto.
“No hard feelings,” she asserted, giving Roberto’s hand a violent shake.
Oswald left in company of Fanny, sinister and humiliated. Esther and Roberto remained alone in the studio.
“Do you know what?” said Roberto, laughing.
“What?”
“You wouldn’t have gained very much by marrying Oswald instead of Bernardo.... Good-bye, till tomorrow.”
“You’re forsaking me, Roberto,” murmured Esther moodily.
“No. I’ll come to see you tomorrow.”