"I know no more what to say!" She looked at him with a sad smile and shook her head.

"No, no, dear prince, I don't laugh at you.

Heaven forbid! You are much too serious an affair.

I assure you I feel your importance.

What did you inform us was the value of the hereditary diamonds of the Princess Casamassima ?" "Ah, you are laughing at me yet!" said the poor young man, standing rigid and pale.
"It does n't matter," Christina went on.