You would do more wisely if you made it up with your uncle." "I would rather be a bandit than a beggar." "Take care you don't fall into a snare." "What snare can you possibly imagine ?" "Your uncle is as much enamoured of his wife as ever, or I am greatly mistaken." "I rather incline to think that some one else may be enamoured of her." "That would be somewhat singular." "Why should you think so ?" "That old man has completely changed.

He looks twenty years younger; one scarcely recognizes him.

He leads a regular life, and no doubt his doctors are clever.

Besides, it is a tradition in your family that the ladies find the gentlemen amiable even in advanced old age.

The day that I encountered your kinswoman at Szolnok, I thought she looked happier and more contented than I had ever seen her before." "Hell and devils!" exclaimed Abellino, mad with rage.