"There are no brigands in this district at all.

We drove them out many years ago." "How about Il Duca ?" "And who is that, signore ?" "Don't you know ?" "I assure you we have no official knowledge of such a person.

There are dukes in Sicily, to be sure; but 'Il Duca' means nothing.

Perhaps you can tell me to whom you refer ?" "See here," said the lawyer, brusquely; "I know your methods, _questore mia_, but they won't prove effective in this case.

If you think an American is helpless in this country you are very much mistaken.