"Do you heed the warning!" And he came forward.
Perceiving me at last where I sat, he bared his broken teeth in a snarling smile.

But it was to Busio that he spoke.

"Have my mule saddled for me in an hour," he said, and passed on and up the stairs to make his preparations.

It seemed, therefore, that she had conquered his suspicions.
I went in to offer her comfort, for she was weeping and all shaken by that cruel encounter.

But she waved me away.
"Not now, Agostino.