Personally, you or I may be irritated by them: but I'm not sure they don't please us.

Were Carlo a woman, of course he should learn to say no;--as he will now if I ask him, Is she in sight?
I won't do it, you know; but as a man and a diplomatist, it strikes me that he can't say yes too often." "Answer me, Count Ammiani, and do me the favour to attend to these trifles for the space of two minutes," said Corte.

"Have you seen Barto Rizzo?
Is he acting for Medole ?" "As mole, as reindeer, and as bloody northern Raven!" ejaculated Agostino: "perhaps to be jackal, by-and-by.

But I do not care to abuse our Barto Rizzo, who is a prodigy of nature, and has, luckily for himself, embraced a good cause, for he is certain to be hanged if he is not shot.

He has the prophetic owl's face.