When you have heard me to the end, it will rest entirely with yourself whether you accept a proposal which, I am well aware, is of an extremely unusual nature.

But I want you to answer it with a simple Yes or No.

Whatever the issue, no one is to hear a word concerning what passes at this interview between two men of honor, who are perhaps no better than they should be." "I am ready to listen to your proposal." "You accept my condition ?" "I will not interrupt you." "And you will answer nothing beyond Yes or No ?" "Nothing beyond Yes or No." "Very well," said Casanova.

They walked slowly up the hill, between the vine stocks, in the sultry heat of the late afternoon.

Casanova began to speak: "We shall perhaps understand one another best if we discuss the matter logically.