The Senator's face flushed. He frowned.
"Give him my compliments then, and tell him the next time he refuses a gentleman's offer he had better do it like a gentleman. For my part, if I chose to be uncivil, I might say that I consider your Roman police very small potatoes."
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The Interpreter translated this literally, and though the final expression was not very intelligible, yet it seemed to imply contempt.
So the Chief of Police made his communication as sternly as possible. Grave reports had been made about His American Excellency. The Senator looked surprised.
"What about?"
That he was haranguing the people, going about secretly, plotting, and trying to instill revolutionary sentiments into the public mind.
"Pooh!" said the Senator.
The Chief of Police bade him be careful. He would not be permitted to stir up an excitable populace. This was to give him warning.