'Put us out of torture, for Heaven's sake!'
'Very well!' I answered. 'Lorenzo asked me about the state of Forli, and
I told him. Then, after thinking awhile, he said, "Tell this to
Checco--"'
And I repeated word for word what Lorenzo had said to me, and, as far as
I could, I reproduced his accent and gesture.
When I had finished they both sat still and silent. At last Matteo,
glancing to his cousin, said,--
'It seems sufficiently clear.'
'It is, indeed, very clear,' answered Checco, gravely.