It has been recently fitted up, and there are many warm rooms in it.

I am fond of the old place, and I need to be alone for a long time." Giovanni thought the conversation was becoming oppressive.

He thought of what had passed between them at their last meeting in the conservatory of the Palazzo Frangipani.
"I shall myself pass the summer in Saracinesca," he said, suddenly.

"You know it is not very far.

May I hope that I may sometimes be permitted to see you ?" Corona had certainly had no thought of seeing Giovanni when she had determined to go to Astrardente; she had not been there often, and had not realised that it was within reach of the Saracinesca estate.