"Giuseppi would give his life for Francisco, and the two have been together every day for the last six or seven years.

I don't doubt the faithful fellow is crying with joy now.

Francisco is quite right, not to keep him waiting for a minute." "Perhaps I cried for joy, too, Master Matteo," Maria said.
"I believe I did see tears in your eyes, Maria; but I put them down to my own account.

You would naturally be delighted to know that your brother-in-law was safe and sound, to say nothing of the fact that the family would be spared the expense of sending a thousand ducats or so to ransom him." "A thousand ducats, Matteo! A thousand soldi would more nearly represent your value, if the Genoese did but know it.

But why don't you tell Giulia your adventures, as I ordered you ?" "Because Giulia would very much rather hear them from Francisco's lips, and I have no doubt he will be equally glad to tell her himself, though certainly he is a bad hand at recounting his own doings.