9/26 She spoke like a Roman, but the old gentleman made himself understood in a series of stiff phrases, which he fired out of his mouth like discharges of musketry. "Who are they, and how does the maestro know them ?" "Eh, caro mio, what am I to know ?" I answered indifferently. "They are some foreigners, some pupil of De Pretis, and her father. How should I know ?" "She is a Roman," said Nino between his teeth. "I have heard foreigners talk. |