Besides, I should have overtaken her on the
road."
"In any case what is there to be uneasy about. No harm can have
happened to her. No such luck, per Bacco!"
"Harm! No; no harm can have happened to her, beyond losing herself
in the forest. What I am afraid of is that she has strayed and not
been able to find her way. And God knows how far she may wander.
When I tell you that in wandering away from the place where I left
her, for not above a quarter of an hour, I lost my way, and that
when I found, as I supposed, the place where we had been, I could
not be sure whether it was the same spot or not; you may suppose how
easy it is to lose oneself. And I don't suppose the poor girl would
be able to walk very far. If she has not returned, I must get help
and go back to the forest and search till I find her."
"It's far more likely that you will find that she has returned home.
I wish, for my part, that she had never set foot within a dozen
miles of Ravenna. Just think what it would be! But I trust--I trust
we may yet be able to induce your uncle to listen to reason."
"I'll tell you what, Signor Fortini. I should not be surprised if it
should be found more possible to make the other party hear reason."
"What, the lady!"
"Yes, the lady--if we set about the matter in the right way."
"Well, Signor Ludovico, it may be that you may understand such
matters and such people better than I can pretend to do.
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