Your children will then inherit from you, and become in their turn Dukes of Astrardente.

This I conceive to have been the purpose and spirit of the late Duke's will.

The estate, magnificent as it is, will not be too large for the foundation of a new race.

If you desire any distinctive title, you can call yourself Duchessa del Carmine d'Astrardente--it would sound very well," remarked the lawyer, contemplating the beautiful woman before him.
"It is of little importance what I call myself," said Corona.

"At present I shall certainly make no change.