She merely replied, "_Non capisco_."[6]

So she was Italian! I felt an absurd inclination to laugh. As Paul did

not understand a word of that language, I was obliged to act as his

interpreter, so I said in Italian:

"I asked you, madam, whether you had any objection to tobacco smoke?"

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