Come now, be good-natured, and tell a fellow.

Just one word.

Look here now," added the Conte Leandro, seeing that he was on the point of losing the gratification for the sake of which he had undergone the penance of standing sentinel in the cold for the last hour, and that his only hope was to bring forward les grands moyens,--"see now, the only thing to bring you round is a glass of hot punch.

Now, while you go home and get your things off, I will go to the cafe and get you a good glass of punch, hot and strong--smoking hot! and have it brought to your house, all hot, you know, in a covered jug.

But before I go; you will just say the one word: Have you been successful?
Come now.