When Giovanni should be recovered from his wounds he intended to speak his mind to him.

But he was sorry for Donna Tullia, for he liked her in spite of her eccentricities, and would have been satisfied to see her married to his son.

He was a practical man, and he took a prosaic view of the world.
Donna Tullia was rich, and good-looking enough to be called handsome.

She had the talent to make herself a sort of centre in her world.

She was a little noisy; but noise was fashionable, and there was no harm in her--no one had ever said anything against her.