Jacopo looked at the count quite bewildered, and thus the conversation about Manuelita was ended, and his master gave him simply an order.
"Am I to deliver the cash to you, master?" he asked, not being certain yet.
"No, not to me."
"To whom, then, otherwise, master?"
"To nobody."
"Yes, but, dear me, what is the money for?"
"You shall keep it."
"I?"
"Yes, you yourself."
"And what am I to do with it?"