The others wandered about the greensward and along the alleys.

The Marchesa was extremely polite to Casanova.

She said that the story of his remarkable escape from The Leads in Venice was not unknown to her, but it would be a pleasure to hear it from his own lips.

With a meaning smile she added that she understood him to have had far more dangerous adventures, which he might perhaps be less inclined to recount.

Casanova rejoined that he had indeed had a number of lively experiences, but had never made serious acquaintance with that mode of existence whose meaning and very essence were danger.