If you lose anysing, signorina, and you say a prayer to Saint Anthony every day for nine days, on ze morning of ze tenth you will find it again." "That is very interesting," she said politely.

"How do you come to know English so well, Tony ?" "We go live in Amerik' when I li'l boy." "And you never learned Italian?
I should think your mother would have taught it to you." He imitated Beppo's gesture.
"A word here, a word there.

We spik Magyar at home." "Talk a little Magyar, Tony.

I should like to hear it." "What shall I say, signorina ?" "Oh, say anything you please." He affected to hesitate while he rehearsed the scraps of language at his command.

Latin--French--German--none of them any good--but, thank goodness, he had elected Anglo-Saxon in college; and thank goodness again the professor had made them learn passages by heart.