"Ah, signorino, if I had been born you how happy I should be!"
And he heaved a great sigh and puffed at the cigarette voluptuously.
Maurice said nothing. He was still looking at the railway platform. And now he seemed to see the train gliding in on the day of the fair of San Felice.
"Signorino! Signorino!"
"Well, what is it, Salvatore?"
"I have ordered the donkeys for ten o'clock. Then we can go quietly. They will be at Isola Bella at ten o'clock. I shall bring Maddalena round in the boat."
"Oh!"
Salvatore chuckled.
"She has got a surprise for you, signore."
"A surprise?"