Papa sees something--something that I do not see.

He knows his own affairs, and perhaps he knows yours too, Tista.

I have not forgotten the other evening." "I!" ejaculated the young man, looking up angrily.
"You know very well where I was--at the Circolo Artistico.

How do you dare to think--" "Why are you so angry if there is no one else in the case ?" asked Lucia, with a sudden sweetness, which belied the jealous glitter in her eyes.
"It seems to me that I have a right to be angry.

That you should suspect me after all these years! How many times have I sworn to you that I went nowhere else ?" "What is the use of your swearing?
You do not believe in anything--why should you swear?
Why should I believe you ?" "Oh--if you talk like that, I have finished!" answered Gianbattista.
"But there--you are only teasing me.