"Wrong again! To prevent a man doing something----"
"--Wants to do something to make a judge do something to prevent a man doing something he wants to do because he does not want him to do it. Is that right? Very well. You tell your friend that no Italian judge is going to do dirty work of that kind for nothing."
"Dirty work. God Almighty! I don't want any judge to do dirty work----"
"No doubt, no doubt. I am quite convinced you don't. But your priceless friend does. Come now! Why not be open about it?"
"Open about what?"
"It is positively humiliating for me to be treated like this, after all the years we have known each other. I wish you would try to cultivate the virtue of frankness. You are far too secretive. Something will really have to be done about it."
"A company, a company."
"A company consists of a certain number of human beings. Why make mysteries about one of them? It may happen to the best of mankind to be mixed up----"
"Mixed up----"
"You are going to be disagreeable about my choice of words. Have it your way! We all know you think you can talk better Italian than the Pope. My own father, I was going to say, has been involved in some pretty dirty work in the course of his professional career----"