"But how is that?
Explain this riddle!" "It is quite simple.

I have no desire to see him." "Curious!" thought Signora Albacina.

The carriage drew up before the entrance to the Grand Hotel.
In the hall Jeanne met Noemi and her brother-in-law, who were coming out.

"At last!" said Noemi.

"Run, make haste, Your brother is furious with this Jeanne, who stays away so long! We have just left him, because the doctor has arrived." The Dessalles had been in Rome a fortnight.