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`` That is much better . '' So they turned into the wine shop . Baron Volterra introduced Marino Malipieri to the two ladies . The guest had come punctually , for the Baron had looked at his watch a moment before he was announced , and it was precisely eight o'clock . Malipieri bowed to the Baroness , who held out her hand cordially , and then to Sabina . `` Donna Sabina Conti , '' said the Baron with extreme distinctness , in order that his guest should be quite sure of the young girl 's identity . Sabina looked down modestly , as the nuns had told her to do when a young man was introduced to her .