“Now you are just being insulting,” the Marquis said. “If you like, I will promise Miss Fenton that she is to see at least some of the beauty of Florence even while I am thinking how quickly my engine will comb the Apennines and travel through the dark tunnels.”
“So there you are!” the Count said to Lola. “And when you return, you will be so glad to see Snowball and all the other horses that you will never want to hear the wheels of a train again!”
She knew that he was only teasing the Marquis and therefore she did not answer.
But the Marquis burst out,
“Oh, for goodness sake, Camilo, stop frightening Miss Fenton! Otherwise at the last moment she may refuse to accompany me!”
“Perhaps I should come too,” the Count said, “to prevent her from running away when she becomes really bored.”
