You generally can." "I thought politics amused you--" "They interest me.

But Gouache's ideas are detestable." "Will you not give us some of your own, Madame ?" inquired the painter, stepping back from his canvas to get a better view of his work.
"Oh, mine are very simple," answered Donna Tullia.

"Victor Emmanuel, Garibaldi, and a free press." "A combination of monarchy, republicanism, and popular education--not very interesting," remarked Gouache, still eyeing his picture.
"No; there would be nothing for you to paint, except portraits of the liberators--" "There is a great deal of that done.

I have seen them in every cafe in the north of Italy," interrupted the artist.

"I would like to paint Garibaldi.