"If I had a heart like that!" "Now you see for yourself," said Ruggiero.

"I want the best medicine." But again the chemist broke into a laugh.
"Medicine! A medicine for love! Do you not see that it began to beat at the thought of seeing her?
Go and try it, as you proposed.

Then you will understand." "I understand that you are crazy.

But I will try it all the same." Thereupon Ruggiero strode out of the shop without further words, considerably disappointed and displeased with the result of the interview.

The chemist apparently took him for a fool.