He bent his head, making a gracious gesture with his hand, and went in as the Greek disappeared.

Zorzi followed the latter, showing him out.
Marietta saw the door close after her father, and she knew that Zorzi must come back through the garden in a few moments.

She bent her head over her beads as she heard his step, and pretended not to see him.

When he came near her he stood still a moment, but she would not look up, and between annoyance and disappointment and confusion she felt that she was blushing, which she would not have had Zorzi see for anything.

She wondered why he did not go on.
"Have I offended you ?" he asked, in a low voice.
Oddly enough, her embarrassment disappeared as soon as he spoke, and the blush faded away.
"No," she answered, coldly enough.