It starts off so: 'HONORED MADAM'--"
"I like that, ma, don't you? It shows they're high-bred."
"Yes, I noticed that when I first read it. 'My brother and I have seen
your advertisement, by chance, in a copy of your local journal--'
"It's so beautiful and smooth, ma-don't you think so?"
"Yes, seems so to me--'and beg leave to take the room you offer. We are
twenty-four years of age, and twins--'"
"Twins! How sweet! I do hope they are handsome, and I just know they
are! Don't you hope they are, ma?"
"Land, I ain't particular. 'We are Italians by birth--'"
"It's so romantic! Just think there's never been one in this town, and
everybody will want to see them, and they're all ours! Think of that!"
"--'but have lived long in the various countries of Europe, and several
years in the United States.'"
"Oh, just think what wonders they've seen, ma! Won't it be good to hear
them talk?"
"I reckon so; yes, I reckon so. 'Our names are Luigi and Angelo
Capello--'"
"Beautiful, perfectly beautiful! Not like Jones and Robinson and those
horrible names.
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