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And now he turned to Vere.
"Speak for us, Signorina! Tell the Signora that we will take care of
her to-night, that there is no need of the faithful Gaspare."
Vere looked at him gravely. She had wondered a little why her mother
had brought Gaspare, why, at least, she had not left him free till
they returned to the boat at Santa Lucia. But her mother wanted him to
come with them, and that was enough for her. She opened her lips, and
Artois thought she was going to snub her companion. But perhaps she
suddenly changed her mind, for she only said:
"Who would trust you, Marchese?"
She met his eyes with a sort of child's impertinence. She had abruptly
become the Vere of the Scoglio di Frisio.
"Who would take you for a watch-dog?"
"Ma--Signorina!"
"As a seal--yes, you are all very well! But--"
The young man was immediately in the seventh Heaven. The Signorina
remembered his feats in the water. All his self-confidence returned,
all his former certainty that the Signorina was secretly devoted to
him.


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