He said:
“It is a good point. Would a dog do?”
I said I did not know, but we could try a dog and see. So he sent out an aide-de-camp to give the order to add the dog.
The six privates of the Present Tense now filed in, in charge of Sergeant Avere (to have), and displaying their banner. They formed in line of battle, and recited, one at a time, thus:
“Io ho un cane, I have a dog.”
“Tu hai un cane, thou hast a dog.”
“Egli ha un cane, he has a dog.”
“Noi abbiamo un cane, we have a dog.”
“Voi avete un cane, you have a dog.”
“Eglino hanno un cane, they have a dog.”