I.e., Giorgio is not looking at Teresa, and thus does not notice her revealing gesture.

Conrad's insightful allegory casts the opposing sisters, Linda and Giselle, as children of Viola; i.e., the ideal of Republican Liberty gives birth to both the ideal of law and duty (Linda) and the ideal of utter liberation from all restraint (Giselle). The allegory will be developed at the end of Part Three.