Shebecomes a Princess, you say, and Princess of
Laurentano: let us say,Queen of Colimbetra! Ihad chosen this room for myself on
purpose. I shall walk out of the house, if he comes!
And I, good Lord, have growninto an old
one!
Capolino watched him from the halcony, as though he
hadsome rare animal hef ore his eyes.
The invalid, he said, with a grimace, wont find
life here verycheerful, what do you say?
And he hadbeen obliged to go for the first time to
Salvos bank for an advanceupon his securities. And his theory seemed to receive
fresh confirmation thismorning. And he hadbeen obliged to go for the first time to
Salvos bank for an advanceupon his securities. ThePrince, to say the very least,
must be a man of five or six andsixty. Ihad chosen this room for myself on purpose.
Sheknits stockings for the Almighty, you know.
The latter made a negative sign with his
hand.
Capolino tried to interrupt him, fingering the
backof his neck.
A sorry world, and sorryare they that put their
trust in it! And he hadbeen obliged to go for the first time to Salvos bank for an
advanceupon his securities.
Well have to find a tutor, a nurse foryou. ButDon
Cosmo appeared surprised to see him still there. If the crops ripened, if
thefruit-trees bore, if the rain came when it was wanted. Oh, of course, Petrarch,
what a fool I am! Capolino was about to protest; but Don Cosmo stopped him:Let me
explain!
She is going to shut herself up at Colimbetra! And
he couldnot help saying to him:Dont distress yourself, my boy.
Capolino at once continued the
quotation.
Capolino proceeded to explain to DeVincentis, as
though the latter were not aware of this. But, with you here; his son always in
Rome. Besides, it was thesignal for his own dinner as well. And you too, my boy, you
should keep an eye on your affairs: Iknow things arent going any too well.