"'Then you cannot visit Pompeii.'
"'Not by paying?'
"'No.'
"'But I will pay double, treble, four times, whatever they ask.'
"'No, no, no.'
"'Oh!' said the Englishman, and he fell into a brown study, during which the lazzarone amused himself by trying to jump over his own shadow.
"'I will take the invalid,' said the Englishman after a little reflection.
"'Very good,' replied the lazzarone, 'we will take him.'
"'But I shall say just what I please before him.'
"'In that case I wish you a good morning.'