"Our passports tell."
"Your passports say--'Gentlemen.'"
"Well, we _are_ gentlemen."
The Austrian looked blank. After a while he resumed; and as he directed his glance to the Senator the latter made all the replies, while the Interpreter served as a medium of communication.
"How long have you been in Italy?"
"Two or three months."
"You came here just about the commencement of these difficulties?"
"Yes--the beginning of the war."
"Where did you land?"
"At Naples."