He must have felt her eyes upon him, for he turned without apparent reason, and met them.

Instantly the blood mounted to the roots of his hair, and he looked away again, and stumbled and hesitated in the answer he gave to what Bianca had last said.
But Veronica remembered very distinctly his speeches to her, and she recalled in contrast the words Bosio had spoken to her just before he died.

Then she turned her head, and listened to Taquisara.
"What did you say ?" she asked.
"I have not the slightest idea," replied the Sicilian, with a little laugh.

"I suppose it must have been a compliment, and I did not expect any answer, of course." "I should have thanked you, if I had heard it," answered Veronica, smiling rather absently, for she was still thinking of Gianluca.
"A man never expects thanks from a woman," said Taquisara.

"Shall you stay long with the Princess Corleone ?" "I do not know.