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"Grazie, Signorina."
He took it eagerly.
"Do tell me your name, won't you?" Vere went on.
"Ruffo, Signorina."
"Ruffo--that's a nice name. It sounds strong and bold. And you live at
Mergellina?"
"Si, Signorina. But I wasn't born there. I wasn't born in Naples at
all."
"Where were you born?"
"In America, Signorina, near New York. I am a Sicilian."
"A Sicilian, are you!"
"Si, Signorina."
"I am a little bit Sicilian, too; only a little tiny bit--but still--"
She waited to see the effect upon him. He looked at her steadily with
his long bright eyes.
"You are Sicilian, Signorina?"
"My great-grandmother was."
"Si?"
His voice sounded incredulous.
"Don't you believe me?" she cried, rather hotly.
"Ma si, Signorina! Only--that's not very Sicilian, if the rest is
English. You are English, Signorina, aren't you?"
"The rest of me is. Are you all Sicilian?"
"Signorina, my mother is Sicilian."
"And your father, too?"
"Signorina, my father is dead," he said, in a changed voice.


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