"What company?" I demanded.
"Weren't you singing with Fricci at the Zarzuela?"
"I am sorry, but I have never appeared on the stage."
"Well, I must say, then, that you and the second tenor look as much alike as two drops of water."
"You don't say so?"
"Pray excuse me."
"It's of no consequence."
"But you are an Italian?"
"Yes."
"Do you sing?"