That Beppo couldn't deal double, if he would; for he is imperfectly designed--a mere dog's pattern! But, only one heart, signorina--mind that.

I will never forget the cigarette.

I shall smoke it before I leave the mountain, and think--oh!" Having illustrated the philosophy of his system, Luigi continued: "I am going to tell you everything.

Pray, do not look on Beppo! This is important.

The Signor Antonio-Pericles sent me to spy on you, because he expects some people to come up the mountain, and you know them; and one is an Austrian officer, and he is an Englishman by birth, and he is coming to meet some English friends who enter Italy from Switzerland over the Moro, and easily up here on mules or donkeys from Pella.