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The
Marchesino had inquired of Emilio if his mother should call upon the
Signora Delarey, but Artois, knowing Hermione's hatred of social
formalities, had hastened to say that it was not necessary, that it
would even be a surprising departure from the English fashion of life,
which ordained some knowledge of each other by the ladies of two
families, or at least some formal introduction by a mutual woman
friend, before an acquaintance could be properly cemented. Hitherto
the Marchesino had felt quite at ease with his new friends. But
hitherto he had been, as it were, merely at play with them. The
interlude of fever had changed his views and enlarged his
consciousness. And Emilio was no longer at hand to be explanatory if
desired.
The Marchesino wished very much that he thoroughly understood the
inner workings of the minds of English ladies.
How mad were the English? How mad exactly, for instance, was the
Signora Delarey? And how mad exactly was the Signorina? It would be
very valuable to know.


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