Some rascal found out that she wanted it, and he obtained it first....

But that is not the true cause of her absence.

The true cause is that she is too sensitive, and she finds it so sad that there should be a sale of the possessions of this ancient family....

I did not insist.

What would she have experienced had she known the late Princess Nicoletta, Pepino's mother?
When I came to Rome on a visit for the first time, in '75, what a salon that was and what a Princess!...