"
[Angelo goes on and tells how his parents the Count and Countess had
to fly from Florence for political reasons, and died poor in Berlin
bereft of their great property by confiscation; and how he and Luigi
had to travel with a freak-show during two years and suffer
semi-starvation.]
"That hateful black-bread; but I seldom ate anything during that time;
that was poor Luigi's affair--"
"I'll never Mister him again!" cried the widow, with strong emotion,
"he's Luigi to me, from this out!"
"Thank you a thousand times, madam, a thousand times! though in truth I
don't deserve it."
"Ah, Luigi is always the fortunate one when honors are showering," said
Angelo, plaintively; "now what have I done, Mrs. Cooper, that you leave
me out? Come, you must strain a point in my favor."
"Call you Angelo? Why, certainly I will; what are you thinking of! In
the case of twins, why--"
"But, ma, you're breaking up the story--do let him go on."
"You keep still, Rowena Cooper, and he can go on all the better, I
reckon.
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