We had better wait.

The orders are to take him in his lodgings." "We might go into the _osteria_ opposite and drink a _foglietta_." "No," said the other, who seemed to be the one in authority.

"We must wait here, if we wait till midnight.

Those are the orders." The second detective grumbled something not clearly audible, and silence ensued.

But Temistocle had heard quite enough.