That would be too sad! Do not let us think of it! It is the future, of the existence of which we are ignorant, while we do know that the present exists and that it has all rights.

I owe to the Contessina my best impressions of Rome, to the vision of her loveliness in this scene of so grand a past.

And this is a sensation which is enjoyable; to visit the Palais Castagna with the adorable creature upon whom rests the menace of a drama.

To enjoy the Countess Steno's kindness, otherwise the house would not have that tone and I would never have obtained the little one's friendship.

To rejoice that Ardea is a fool, that he has lost his fortune on the Bourse, and that the syndicate of his creditors, presided over by Monsieur Ancona, has laid hands upon his palace.