So far as that is concerned, say that you are old to-night, at dinner, and you shall see how Veronica will laugh at you! But that you and I should part, Bosio--and yet, it is far better, if you have the courage." "Have you ?" he asked sadly.
"Yes--I have, for your sake, since I see how you look at this.

And you are right.

I know you are, though I am only a woman, and cannot have a man's ideas about honour.

For my own part--well, I am a woman, and I have loved you long.

But you are the one to be thought of.