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'Never nor said,' interrupted Emily; 'but tell me, at

once, the circumstance, which has thus alarmed you'

'Aye, ma'amselle,' rejoined Annette, 'that is just what Ludovico said:

says he, Never ht about the Signor He is so strangely altered, said I: for now he

is so haughty, and so co, and so sharp with my lady; and, if he

meets one, he'll scarcely look at one, unless it be to frown So much

the better, says Ludovico, so much the better And to tell you the

truth, ht this was a very ill-natured speech of

Ludovico: but I went on And then, says I, he is always knitting his

brows; and if one speaks to hi so, of a night, with the other Signors--there they are, till

long past ether! Aye, but says Ludovico,

you don't knohat they are counselling about No, said I, but I

can guess--it is about , quite loud; so he put me in a huff, for I did not like that

either I or you, hed at; and I turned away

quick, but he stopped me "Don't be affronted, Annette," said he, "but I

cannot help laughing;" and with that he laughed again "What!" says he,

"do you think the Signors sit up, night after night, only to counsel