He is just a little----' He touched his head significantly.
'Really ?' She raised her eyes with an air of awakened interest.

'And how did he happen to come to Valedolmo ?' 'He come to meet his family, his sister and his--his aunt, who are going wif him to ze Tyrollo.

But zay have not arrive.

Zey are in Lucerne, he says, where zer is a lion dying, and zey wish to wait until he is dead; zen zey come .-- Yes, it is true; he tell me zat.' Gustavo tapped his head a second time.
The signorina glanced about apprehensively.
'Is he safe, Gustavo--to be about ?' '_Si_, signorina, _sicuramente_! He is just a little simple.' Mr.Wilder chuckled.
'Where is he, Gustavo?
I think I'd like to make that young man's acquaintance.' 'I sink, signore, he is packing his trunk.

He go away to-day.' 'To-day, Gustavo ?' There was audible regret in Constance's tone.