"The only one of them at all fit to remain in circulation," he
continued, "was this girl. If she stays out all night she will be
distinctly damaged, too. Then you will have to pass her off to some
one else, as one does, you know, when a note is doubtful."
"The cook can generally change them," observed the Baroness
irrelevantly.
"I do not think she is coming home," said the Baron, much more to the
point. "I hope she will! After all, if she does not, you yourself say
that she is quite safe with this Signor Sassi--"
"I did not say that she would be safe from gossip afterwards, did I?"
It was perfectly clear by this time that he wished Sabina to leave the
house as soon as possible, and that he would take the first
opportunity of obliging her to do so. Even if his wife had dared to
interfere, it would have been quite useless, for she knew him to be
capable of hinting to the girl herself that she was no longer welcome.
Sabina was very proud, and she would not stay under the roof an hour
after that.
"I did not suggest that you should bring her here," Volterra continued
presently. "Please remember that. I simply did not object to her
coming. That was all the share I had in it. In any case I should have
wished her to leave us before we go away for the summer."
"I had not understood that," answered the Baroness resignedly.
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