She had passed an uneasy hour on the previous afternoon after they had left her, but her equanimity was now entirely restored.

She had made up her mind that, however ingenious the concocted evidence might turn out to be, it was absolutely impossible to harm Giovanni by means of it.

His position was beyond attack, as, in her mind, his character was above slander.

Far from experiencing any sensation of anxiety as to the result of Donna Tullia's visit, what she most felt was curiosity to see what these fancied proofs would be like.
She still believed that Madame Mayer was mad.
"I have been remarking to Giovanni upon Donna Tullia's originality," said old Saracinesca.

"It is charming; it shows a talent for fiction which the world has been long in realising, which we have not even suspected--an amazing and transcendent genius for invention." "It is pure insanity," answered Corona, in a tone of conviction.