"How good you are! And what did he say?
We asked if you had gone at the workshop, and they said you had, so Lucia went in to ask her father whether he would have the chickens boiled or roasted.

Well, well, tell me all about it.

These stairs! Suntarella, run up and open the door while I get my breath! Dear Paolo, you are an angel of goodness!" "Softly, Maria Luisa," answered the priest.

"There is good and bad.

He has admitted that he will have to consider the matter because he cannot make Lucia marry without her consent.