"I tell you it is true.

Don Giovanni was married on the 19th of June 1863, at Aquila, in the Abruzzi, to a woman called Felice Baldi--whoever she may have been.

The register is extant, and the duplicate of the marriage certificate.

I have seen the copies attested by a notary.

I tell you it is true," she continued, her voice rising to a harsh treble; "you are engaged to marry a man who has a wife--a peasant woman--somewhere in the mountains." Corona rose from her seat and put out her hand to ring the bell.