"I! It's the shadow of the awning on my face."
He smiled. He kept on smiling.
"I say, Gasparino, how splendid the donkeys are! And you, too!"
He took hold of the boy by the shoulders and turned him round.
"Per Bacco! We shall make a fine show at the fair! I've got money, lot's of money, to spend!"
He showed his portfolio, full of dirty notes. Gaspare's eyes began to sparkle.
"Wait, signorino!"
He lifted his hands to Maurice's striped flannel jacket and thrust two large bunches of flowers and ferns into the two button-holes, to right and left.
"Bravo! Now, then."
"No, no, signorino! Wait!"