Andrea looked at me open-mouthed; he could not understand. An idea struck him.
'Are you in love with her?'
'No; I was.'
'And now?'
'Now, I do not even hate her.'
XXXVI
THE night came, and when everyone had gone to bed and the town was quiet, I said to Andrea, 'Wait for me here, and if I do not come back in two hours you will know—'
He interrupted me.
'I am coming with you.'
'Nonsense!' I said. 'I don't know what danger there may be, and there is no object in your exposing yourself to it.'