I shall pray for you, Madonnino." "Do, Luisina," said I."I begin to think I need it." "Indeed, indeed!" said my mother very sombrely.

And as she spoke, Luisina, as if her fears were reawakened, turned suddenly and went quickly along the terrace, past Rinolfo, who in that moment smiled viciously, and round the angle of the wall.
"What...

what are my orders, Madonna ?" quoth the wretched seneschal, reminding her that all had not yet been resolved.
She lowered her eyes to the ground, and folded her hands.

She was by now quite composed again, her habitual sorrowful self.
"Let be," she said.

"Let the wench depart.