He put out his hand to fill his glass again, but she stopped him.
"No," she said, "the wine keeps you awake, and makes you think you are stronger than you are.

You shall sleep to-night, and to-morrow we will go.

I am so glad it is settled!" She could do what she would with him, and so it turned out that Marcello left Paris without going to see the Contessa and Aurora; and when he was fairly away he felt that it was a relief not to be able to see them, since it would have been his duty to do so if he had stayed another day.
Maddalena dell' Armi had not believed that he would come, but she stopped at home that afternoon on the bare possibility.

Aurora made up her mind that if he came she would shut herself up in her own room.

She expected that he would certainly call before the evening, and was strangely disappointed because he did not.
"Who was that lady with him last night ?" she asked of her mother.
"I do not know that--lady," answered the Contessa, with a very slight hesitation before pronouncing the last word.
But they had both heard of Regina already..