Tancredi seemed transformed; the excitement of the story, the thrill of memory, mingling with the agitation produced by the girl’s air of sensuality, changed him for an instant from the gentle youth he was in reality into a brutal and licentious soldier. “Had you been there, Signorina, we’d have had no need to wait for novices.”
Huh?? Was she supposed to pull the train? Disgusting!
