human
I dare say he has been worried out of his life in getting this new Opera put upon the stage. You'll see he'll be all right enough at the ball to-morrow night.
gpt
Is she in the Corso--La Lalli?
human
Altro. I should think so--and looking so lovely. What a woman she is!
gpt
Whereabouts is she?
human
About twenty carriages further ahead. You'll see her presently, when we are near the turn, sitting buried up to her waist nearly in flowers--a regular Flora, and such a representative as the Goddess never had before.
gpt
Who has she got with her in her carriage? asked the first speaker.
human
I expected to have seen the Marchesino Ludovico there, but he is with the Conte Leandro, in one of the Castelmare carriages.
gpt
Che! catch her compromising herself in any such manner. I wonder how much some of our friends would have given to have the place beside her to-day? But not a bit of it: she has got the old man she calls her father with her.
human
Funny, isn't it? I wonder what her game is?
gpt
Simply to work hard at her vocation, and make as much money as she can, I take it. Probably you would find, if you got at the truth, some animal of a baritono robuato, who owns the Diva's heart, and for whom she works and slaves.
human
Poverina! there are the Castelmare carriages coming round again.
gpt
Corso