“Do you know, bambino, I have to go away for a few days.”

“Where?”

“To Naples. Come with me.”

“No; I have things to do here. I will take you to the station.”

“Ah, you rascal! You are a Don Juan.”

“No, dear sister. I am a financier.”

“I can see your victims from here. But I shall put them on their guard. You are a blood-thirsty hyena. You like to collect hearts the way the Red-skins did scalps.”

“You mean coupons.”

“No, hearts. You like to pretend to be simple, because you are wicked. I will tell the Countess Brenda and her daughter.”

“What are you going to tell them?”