She is in a state of anger against you which borders on madness--not because you have wounded Del Ferice, but because you forgot to dance with her.

I cannot conceive how you could be so foolish." "Nor I.It was idiotic in the last degree," replied Giovanni, annoyed that his father should have learned the story.
"You must go and see her at once--as soon as you can go out.

It is a disagreeable business." "Of course.

What else did she say ?" "She thought that Del Ferice had challenged you on her account, because you had not danced with her." "How silly! As if I should fight duels about her." "Since there was probably a woman in the case, she might have been the one," remarked his father.
"There was no woman in the case, practically speaking," said Giovanni, shortly.
"Oh, I supposed there was.

However, I told Donna Tullia that I advised her not to think anything more of the matter until the whole story came out." "When is that likely to occur ?" asked Giovanni, laughing.