The young villain mysteriously whispered the information, which later on was found to be correct.

Some of the boys would get him ten fine oranges for one cent on being given an extra penny for going on the errand.
It was a favorite amusement for Paul and his agent to go out on the road in hope of encountering brigands, who were reported numerous and bold.
They would enter some low cabriolet that was suspected of harboring these knights of the mountains.

With carbines concealed under their coats, they would make an ostentatious display of rolls of Italian paper money, expecting that some of the robbers would follow them out on the road and stir up a little excitement.

The brigands were either too busy at something else, or they regarded the American as rather too dangerous a customer to attack for they never materialized.

Before leaving the old town, the authorities induced him to give an exhibition, which was witnessed by the entire population, brigands included.