"And what did you answer him then, my love ?" "Oh! I said that I had not the slightest objection to the proceeding.
And then he tried to prove to me that we should starve without him, and then he swore at me like a Turk.

What did it matter?
He said I was changed.

By Diana! Any man would change, just for the sake of not being like him!" "How do you mean that you are changed, dear ?" asked Lucia anxiously.
"Who knows?
He said I fawned on Don Paolo like a dog, instead of hating the priests as I used to do.

What do you think, love ?" "I think Uncle Paolo would laugh at the idea," answered the girl, smiling herself, but rather sadly.

"I am afraid you are as bad as ever, in that way." "I am not bad, Lucia.