human
That, alas! is the worst part of the bad story--we, at least, here in Ravenna are perhaps excusable in thinking it the worst. The fact is, Signor Marchese, that this death took place under circumstances which seem to leave no doubt that the deed was done by the hand of the Marchese Ludovico.
gpt
The hand of the Marchese Ludovico! Gracious heaven! But that is nonsense, Signor Fortini. No doubt? How can there be no doubt, merely because he was with her in the forest?
human
Were you aware, then, Signor Marchese, he asked,
gpt
Yes, I knew that, he said, at length;
human
Your people told me, just now, that you had refused to see the Conte Leandro, when he called,
gpt
Yes, I refused to see him because my mind was full of the conversation we had this morning. You know I promised you, Signor Fortini, that I would think over the matter again; and I was engaged in doing so. I have been thinking of it all day; I was thinking of it still when you came in.
human
Thinking still of your purpose of making the woman, La Bianca, your wife. Then you could not have heard of her miserable end when I came in,--as I supposed, indeed, you could not have heard,
gpt
Heard of it? Why of course not. That is clear--that proves that I could not have heard of it, you know,
human
When was it, then, that you heard from the Conte Leandro, that the Marchese Ludovico was in the Pineta with La Bianca?
gpt
At the ball, replied the Marchese, after a minute's thought,