It is all settled!" cried Giovanni.
"So soon! He must have flown!" said she, making him sit down.
"Yes, he has never rested, and he has found out all about it.

It is a most extraordinary story.

By the by, he sends you affectionate messages, and begs you to accept these diamonds.

They were my mother's," he added, his voice softening and changing.

Corona understood his tone, and perhaps realised, too, how very short the time now was.