I cannot tell.

I am very busy." In ten minutes the pieces were all piled upon the two vehicles, and Gianbattista strode away on foot with the workmen.

He had not thought of changing his dress, and had merely thrown an old overcoat over his grey woollen blouse.

For the time, he was an artisan at work.

When working hours were over, and on Sundays, he loved to put on the stiff high collar and the cheeked clothes which suggested the garments of the English tourist.