"I can not bear to hear lies of a certain kind.

That is all!" "And who has lied ?" resumed Dorsenne.
"Did you not hear Ardea speak of his chapel just now, he who believes in God as little as Hafner, of whom no one knows whether he is a Jew or a Gentile!...

Did you not see poor Fanny look at him the while?
And did you not remark with what tact the Baron made the allusion to the delicacy which had prevented his daughter from visiting the Palais Castagna with us?
And did that comedy enacted between the two men give you no food for thought ?" "Is that why Peppino is here ?" asked Julien.

"Is there a plan on foot for the marriage of the heiress of Papa Hafner's millions and the grand-nephew of Pope Urban VII?
That will furnish me with a fine subject of conversation with some one of my acquaintance!"....

And the mere thought of Montfanon learning such news caused him to laugh heartily, while he continued, "Do not look at me so indignantly, dear Contessina.
But I see nothing so sad in the story.