Racksole tapped him on the knee twice.
'So you're another Englishman masquerading as a foreigner in my hotel,' Racksole remarked, by way of commencing the interrogation.
'I'm not,' answered Rocco quietly.

'I'm a citizen of the United States.' 'The deuce you are!' Racksole exclaimed.
'Yes, I was born at West Orange, New Jersey, New York State.

I call myself an Italian because it was in Italy that I first made a name as a chef--at Rome.

It is better for a great chef like me to be a foreigner.
Imagine a great chef named Elihu P.Rucker.You can't imagine it.

I changed my nationality for the same reason that my friend and colleague, Jules, otherwise Mr Jackson, changed his.' 'So Jules is your friend and colleague, is he ?' 'He was, but from this moment he is no longer.