"Twenty lire?"
"Yes."
"She might have given more."
"She might have given much."
"What did you speak to her about?"
The youth seemed annoyed and lowered his head gloomily.
"She does not know more than ten words, so we were silent."
"True love," said the old man, looking back and showing his strong teeth in a broad smile, "strikes the heart like lightning, and is as dumb as lightning, you know."
The young man picked up a large stone and was about to throw it into the sea; but he threw it back over his shoulder, saying:
"Sometimes one cannot understand what people want with different languages."