The smoker rose politely but ventured no remark.
"Is that you, Giuseppe ?" she asked in Italian.
"No, signorina.

It is I--Tony.

I am waiting for orders." "For orders!" There was astonishment as well as indignation in her tone.
"I thought I made it clear--" "That I was discharged?
Yes, signorina.

But I have been so fortunate as to find another place.

The Signor Papa has engage me.