I will keep my mind clear and tell you no more than one thing at a time.

I believe, eccellenza, I am to begin with _where_ I saw her; then I'm to tell you _when_ I saw her; after which you wish to know what she was about.

I believe this is the way you put it, S'nore ?" "Excellently well; answer in that order, and you will make yourself understood.

But first tell me--do all the natives of Capri speak the same sort of Italian as you do yourself, friend ?" "S'nore, si--though my mother having been a French woman, they tell me that I have caught a little from her.

We all get something from our mothers, eccellenza; and it's a pity we could not keep more of it." "True, friend; but now for the lugger.