She framed it in English out of deference to Gustavo's pride in his knowledge of the language.
"A glass of _vino santo_ for the Signore and _limonata_ for me.

I wish to put the sugar in myself, the last time you mixed it, Gustavo, it was all sugar and no lemon.

And bring a bowl of cracked ice--_fino_--_fino_--and some pine nut cakes if you are sure they are fresh." "Sank you, signorina.

_Subitissimo_!" He was off across the court, his black coat-tails, his white napkin streaming behind, proclaiming to all the world that he was engaged on the Signorina Americana's bidding; for persons of lesser note he still preserved a measure of dignity.
The young man in the summer house had meanwhile dropped his cigarette upon the floor and noiselessly stepped on it.

He had also--with the utmost caution lest the chair creak--shifted his position so that he might command the profile of the girl.