Paolo. Do you think she blames herself?
Mario. Of course.
Paolo. I have noticed that she was distressed but not agitated.
Mario. You do not see the continuous things, you only see the unexpected. Besides, Anna is mistress of herself.
Paolo. And she has done her duty.
Mario. It is a long time that she has done her duty.
Paolo. I shall know how to comfort her, there, I shall know how to cheer her. You shall see, Mario. I feel that we have returned to the first days of our marriage, that I possess her only from to-day.
Mario. Leave it to time. You have read—you have known. It is enough. It is useless that Anna knows you know.
Paolo. She was here when the Syndic gave me the wallet. But she went out immediately.
Mario. She does not know, then, that you have read?