"I know that name. Has he been long in this country?"
"Grandfather has been sixty-five years out of Poland. First, he was in the Italian army, and then in the bank of Nice."
"How old is he?"
"Nearly ninety."
"Your father's name was Cervi?"
"Yes. My father was from Nice; but he served also in the Italian army."
"Then he is dead?"
"Five years."
"And your mother is alive?"
"She is. We live together in Old Nice."