She was therefore very quiet, and looked at him rather coldly when he
spoke to her, but the Baroness put this down to her admirably correct
manners, and was already beginning to consider how she could approach
Malipieri on the subject of his marrying Sabina. She was quite in
ignorance of the business which had brought him and her husband
together, as Sabina now knew from many remarks she remembered.
Volterra was accustomed to tell his wife what he had been doing when
the matter was settled, and she had long ago given up trying to make
him talk of his affairs when he chose to be silent.
On the whole, so far as Sabina was concerned, the circumstances were
not at first very favourable to the Baroness's newly formed plan on
this occasion, though she did not know it. On the other hand,
Malipieri discovered before luncheon was over, that Sabina interested
him very much, that she was much prettier than he had realized at his
first meeting with her, and that he had unconsciously thought about
her a good deal in the interval.
CHAPTER VIII
Malipieri was convinced before long that his doings interested some
one who was able to employ men to watch him, and he connected the fact
with Bruni's visit. He was not much disturbed by it, however, and was
careful not to show that he noticed it at all.
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