We will let his paid eavesdropper depart, I think.

He is harmless." Neither Ugo nor Marco was disposed to allow any description of spy to escape unscotched.

Vittoria saw that Luigi's looks were against him, and whispered: "Why do you show such cunning eyes, Luigi ?" He replied: "Signorina, take me out of their hearing, and I will tell you everything." She walked aside.

He seemed immediately to be inspired with confidence, and stretched his fingers in the form of a grasshopper, at which sight they cried: "He knows Barto Rizzo--this rascal!" They plied him with signs and countersigns, and speedily let him go.

There ensued a sharp snapping of altercation between Luigi and Beppo.