"No one alive knows the cause of the quarrel but Del Ferice and I myself.

He will certainly not tell the world, as the thing was even more disgraceful to him than his behaviour this morning.

There is no reason why I should speak of it either." "How reticent you are, Giovanni!" exclaimed the old gentleman.
"Believe me, if I could tell you the whole story without injuring any one but Del Ferice, I would." "Then there was really a woman in the case ?" "There was a woman outside the case, who caused us to be in it," returned Giovanni.
"Always your detestable riddles," cried the old man, petulantly; and presently, seeing that his son was obstinately silent, he left the room to dress for dinner..