‘No, he won’t be in just yet.’
‘Ah, I know, he won’t be in till 21 o’clock; he said I was to wait. I’m come to measure him for a pair of new boots.[3]
‘If he told you to wait I suppose you must,’ said the servant; ‘otherwise he had told me not to let anyone in.’ And as he showed him in he thought he was a rather gentlemanly bootmaker.
Soon after there was another knock.
‘Is the Count Lattanzio in?’
‘No, he won’t be in for some time yet.’
‘Ah, never mind; he said I was to wait if he hadn’t come in. I’m the tailor, come to measure him for a new suit.’
‘If he said you were to wait I suppose you must,’ answered the servant; ‘but it’s very odd he should have told you so, as he particularly told me to let no one in.’ However, he showed him in also. Directly after there came another knock.
‘Is the Count Lattanzio at home?’
‘No, he won’t be in for some time yet.’