It was all very well for people who had no daughters to talk like that, but the Princess knew that intimacy might be followed by love and that her daughter might fall in love with some one who had no intention of marrying or was not fit to be her husband.
Ma era un bel dire per chi non aveva figliuole; e la principessa temeva che, facendo conoscenze, la figlia avrebbe potuto innamorarsi, e innamorarsi di chi non aveva nessuna intenzione matrimoniale o di chi non era adatto come marito.