33/35 Your father, for instance, would not." "He is far more clever than I," objected Giovanni. He is quick, active, a good talker, a man with a ready wit and a sharp answer--kind-hearted when the fancy takes him, cruel when he is so disposed--but not a man of great convictions or of great actions. You are very different from him." "Will you draw my portrait, Corona ?" asked Giovanni. You are a man quick to think and slow to make a decision. |