"Thank you, signor----"
He replied:
"My name is Magnus. Thomas Magnus. Have some wine? Americans?"
I waited for Toppi to introduce me, according to the English custom,
and I looked toward Magnus. One had to be an ignorant, illiterate
animal not to know me.
Toppi broke in:
"Mr. Henry Wondergood of Illinois. His secretary, Irwin Toppi, your
obedient servant. Yes, citizens of the United States."
The old buffoon blurted out his tirade, evincing a thorough lack of
pride, and Magnus--yes, he was a little startled. Billions, my friend,
billions. He gazed at Me long and intently:
"Mr. Wondergood? Henry Wondergood? Are you not, sir, that American
billionaire who seeks to bestow upon humanity the benefits of his
billions?"