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I do n't care for those figs at all now , I am even glad that I have n't eaten any of them . '' Immediately after the coffee Donna Serafina withdrew , saying that she was at once going to the Vatican ; and the others , being left to themselves , lingered at table , again full of gaiety , and chatting like friends . The priest , with his feverish impatience , once more referred to the audience which he was to have that evening . It was now barely two o'clock , and he had seven more hours to wait . How should he employ that endless afternoon ? Thereupon Benedetta good-naturedly made him a proposal . `` I 'll tell you what , '' said she , `` as we are all in such good spirits we must n't leave one another .