"'The king.'
"'Why?'
"'Because you are speaking ill of him.'
"'An Englishman has a right to say whatever he likes.'
"'It may be so, but a lazzarone has not.'
"'But you have said nothing.'
"'But I hear everything.'
"'Who will tell what you hear?'
"'The invalid soldier who accompanies us to visit Pompeii.'
"'I do not want an invalid soldier.'