That is the usual time, but I never know long beforehand.

Arrangements of that sort are all made by the Mother Superior.' It did not seem unnatural that he should ask questions about her occupation, now that he was calmer, nor could she think it wrong to answer them.

Any one might have listened to what they were saying.
'I daresay you do not even know where you are going this evening ?' Giovanni said.
She thought that he was talking only to keep her with him a little longer.

Overstrained as she had been, it was a relief to exchange a few words quietly before parting from him.
'It is true,' she answered, after a moment's thought.

'I daresay the Mother Superior mentioned the name of the family, but if she did I have forgotten it.