Not a day longer than that." Nella looked very wise and watched her mistress's face.
"What do you mean ?" "The master has ordered just such a gown.

That is what I mean.

Do you think I would talk of such a beautiful thing, just to make you unhappy, if you were not to have one?
But you will not forget poor Nella, my little lady?
You will take me with you to Venice ?" "Then you think I am to marry some one from the city?
What is his name ?" "The master knows.

That is enough.

But it must be the Doge's son, or at least the son of the Admiral of Venice.