I am not mad, but I would save you from the most horrible danger." "Again I say, what do you mean?
I will not be trifled with in this way," said the Duchessa, who would have been more angry if she had been less astonished, but whose temper was rapidly rising.
"I am not trifling with you," returned Donna Tullia.

"I am imploring you to think before you act, before you marry Don Giovanni.

You cannot think that I would venture to intrude upon you without the strongest reasons.
I am in earnest." "Then, in heaven's name, speak out!" cried Corona, losing all patience.
"I presume that if this is a warning, you have some grounds, you have some accusation to make against Don Giovanni.

Have the goodness to state what you have to say, and be brief." "I will," said Donna Tullia, and she paused a moment, her face growing red with excitement, and her blue eyes sparkling disagreeably.

"You cannot marry Don Giovanni," she said at length, "because there is an insurmountable impediment in the way." "What is it ?" asked Corona, controlling her anger.
"He is already married!" hissed Donna Tullia.
Corona turned a little pale, and started back.