“I know it. But you were proving to me that the Signorina is a woman. The fact that she, an English girl, is good friends with the fisher boy does not prove it.”
“Ah, well!”
The Marchesino hesitated.
“I had seen the Signorina before I came to meet you at the house.”
“Had you?”
“Didn’t you know it?”
“Yes, I did.”
“I knew she told you.”
“What?”
“She told you! she told you! She is birbante. She is a woman, for she pretended as only a woman can pretend.”