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I0"1 I01 food " and * ' 1 water to enter enterIbe enter0i enterat lormer former ot of Ada Ibe 0i eown sown tow " Nasta mayor , ? returned tctumed trom Irom from hidint hldlnc hiding but was placed placedIIIIder placedyemr placedBiiler the Maor Malar Major MajorHe ) to him himfrO himma arrest ly b1 lave save ave IIIIder savewas on ondered frO yemr ' " u III orcanlzed mob Hesave ne He was wa < ordcred or ortttil tttil dcred dered to 10 report dally daUy daily and repent his hislID hisdOr hlijM lID dOr ' I - CHAPTER CRAPTER XI "CI CI "CIOne " I one morning mornmg Tomasino the fisherIan fisherman fisher fisherI I Ban Ian man ! called on Major Joppolo at atthe atthe attte the palazzo As he entered the thebuild theItuild build UJ1d ng and even as he v w . walked alked Intothe intohe into intotite tite the he Major s office he hejooked jooked like an anAmerican an4ri anAmerican American 4ri erican sight Slgt ! } seer His neck bent bentback benttack back ack on itse itself ! and his eyes wandered wandered.round wanderedaround wanderedround .round round around ( . in dull amazement . . Major Joppolo was pleased to see seeIum seehum seeImn Ium hum and said cheerfully Good Goodmorning Goodmorning 10rnJng morning ! TomasmoBut TomasmoBut Tomasino Tomasmo TomasinoBut But Tomas no 3 s face changed changedtrom changedfrom changedron trom from ( curious to sullen and he said saidI I did not want to do it itDo itDo Do what " , hat hat , , Tomasino7 Tomasmo ' Come 'Come ' to the place of authority authorityflils authoritytI authoritythis tI s this Palazzo I have never done It ItIn itIn itIn In my lIlY life bfe My wife made me do1t do doII , I II IL 1t 1tWhy IL'Why i , ' "Why Why 'Why " ' What did she want ? ' I 1 I She said that it if you had low lowI lowered lowered lowered I ered yourself to come and see me meon meon meon on my fish boat I could lov lower . , er my myIell mysell myill I Iell sell ( to go and see you In the Palaz Palazzoo Palazsa Palaz10 zoo sa . She wanted me to invite you to totome tocame tocome tome came to our house tonight tomght to help helpeat helptai helpeat eat tai some torrone which my daugh daughter daughter daughter ter Tina T1na made My wife is a diffi dif difcult dimcult . cult woman I hate bate her She thmks thinks thmksJIle thinksthe thinksthe JIle the Is i the authority authority in my houseMajor house Major Joppolo said Please be beso beM 10 so good as to tell your wife that thatelen thatesen thatden elen esen though her ber husband was so sore1uctant soreluctant soreluctant re1uctant reluctant in the delivery of her mes ones onessage mesuge uge sage age the Major would be dehghted delighted delightedto dehghtedto to accept acceptTomasino acceptTomaslDo Tomasino TomaslDo said I am of halt balf half a ammd amind amind mmd mind mmdlot cot /lot lot not / to tell her I ha hate te herPromptly herPromptly her herPromptly Promptly at nine nme o 0 clocit cloclt clock Major MajorZoppalo Majorfoppolo MajorJoppolo Zoppalo foppolo knocked on the door at 9 9Va 9Va 9Va Va Vttono Vtono Vttorio ! Emanuele Tomasmo Tomasino Tomasmoopened Tomasinoopened Tomasinoopened opened the door but did not show showthe showthe showthe the lightest slIghtest ( pleasure at having havmg a a'IS atin avis 'IS IS tin ' tor tor'Come torCome tor'Come torCome 'Come Come ' ' in he grumbledThe grumbled grumbledThe The Major Mayor stepped in and tried triedto triedto triedto to shake his hand but could not find findit findIt findIt it in 10 m the dark'We darkWe dark dark'We ' 'We We ' have to climb many stalfs stairs stalfsTomaslDo stairsTomasmo stairslomasmo TomaslDo Tomasmo complainedAi complamedAs complainedAs complained complamed Ai As i a matter of fact there was wasY wasraniy was'cri wascri } Y raniy ' cnI3 ? one oi > e fight fl fI ght At the top of ot it itthey itthey itthey they toned turned into mto a brightly lighted lightedhallway lightedhallway lightedhallway hallway Tomasino Tomasmo led the Major Majorthrough Majorthrough Majorthrough through the hallway to a narrow par parlor parIcr parlor lor Icr Th Tb s parlor belled belied the unsocla unsocia unsoclability unsociabihty unsociabihty bility bihty of Tomas no tor for its furmture furniture furmturecons furniturecons furniturecons cons sted sled almost exclusively of ofchllrsa ofchairsa ofhairs chllrs-a chllrs a chairs-a chairs ( - a sure sign in m Adano of offrequent offrequent offrequent frequent and numerous guests BeIides Beddes Be Iides ddes Ides the chairs there were only a alarge alarge alarge large Italian radio in one comer corner comersod cornerand comertnd sod and a round table in tMfe ttft ttte ! cpnter crnter center The Theroom Theroom Theloom room was so narrow that from thechairs the thechairs thechairs chairs on either side one could reach reachwhatever reachsintever reachtiutever whatever sintever \ was as on the table tableTwo tableTwo Two guests had arrived before beforee beforehe e Major and their identity sur surpnsed surpnsed surpnsed pnsed himHi himl0 him ; HI l0 Major said Captain Captam Pur PurYi5 Purifs Purils Yi5 , ifs , , who looked as it If he had been beenInto beenInto beenato Into a couple of bottles of wine wme wme'G wineG 'G G ' G Guseppe useppe told me the old fish fishound fishsand fishlound ound sand here had a couple of pretty prettyaughters prettyiughters prettylaughters aughters iughters I was v.as vas . getting gettmg kinda kmda loneme loneme lone loneme me Gluseppe GIuseppe here told me he d dbnng dbring dinng bnng bring GIuseppeGood me up Good old GIuseppe Gluseppei Good night mght a boss said GIU Gin GIUppe GinDpe GiutPPe ppe Dpe He Be was much embarrassed embarrassedie embarrassede e had had no idea that the MaJor MaJorauld Majorsold Majorroulil auld sold show up ' upThe The Major . was v.as vas just as embar embarssed embarHoed embarasied Hoed ssed as Gluseppe GIuseppe He was think thmk thinkE E ot of those sentences from the Am Amot Amof AmSt ot of notebook Don t play favoritesI favorites I mvitaloni , ani ens Be careful about InVIta lnvita InVItaani lnvitaens , . = S ' ' 'Why Why ' heUo hello the Major said'Haven saidBaven said Cap"la Capla CapIn Caphi , ' Haven 'Haven Baven t seen thp the th ? quail yet Cap " In hi Purvis Pums said The old lady s a outthe out outthe the kitchen She s a honey ' ; The Major sat eat down sWIiy stiffly stifflyCaptain sWIiyCaptam Captam Captain Purvis said Say I Illint Ido Idot dot do t know you } ) ou were an old hand handound handclod handHound ound clod here you dog Why don t ttell ttell tTO thingstoil tell me about these good things ? au on old bum I thought you neveranything neveranything never anything but work Tell me meWale mew mel _ Wale w are these chickens ' ! Major Joppolo said l5ald weakly I Iven Iven Iwen ofy ven t seen the girls guls except excep one pne ofem ot of y em in inchurch church This is my first firste firstjf jf e a here hereCaptam hereCaptain Captain Captam Purvis who wag was unques unquesMably unquesnably J'6 J6 speakI nably t tpsy psy said Hey speakj speak j othr ' I ot of chckens ch ckens I heard one the oth othday i day Hoocr Hooer You remember where Hoo er toIt tald laid said once that he be was going gomg to 11 < it so there would be a chickenad chicken ad adevery othf "very very chicken"very chickenevery " every pot ' Well I heard the oth 0th othday 0thday , dav day that * fi ta- ta tau - uround - - after the U S Army was wasround wasrold round rold n'hiTn . these _ _ Italian Itahan towns for a n ' 'hiTn hiTn hUe ale ahUe aale * l- l l"w - - , there Was going to be chick chickon - " "w w " &WU46 WU46 & " / "c c " a < * LUll-A LUll A - LUllAon on every lap -on on - The laugh1 -Captain Captain - e Captam Captain lapCaptain roared with laugh laughe 1 laughGiuseppe noea Gluseppe Giuseppe although he had no nou noilit e ea laughedlitejy u what hat at thc the P01"1 P011 point " was laughedDIn laughed laughedOttiasioo litejy Y The me Major was horrified DIn DInY horrifiedasino horrifiedwnasino wnasino asino sat in is depressed silence erstanding eratandhig silenceerstanding silenceeratandhig nothing 'romasino romasino Tatnasjno nothingTatnasjno ' trome frome Ottiasioo s * . wife came to in from trom e kitchen tore WIth a platter of tor 6 e andsaved and saved the She mustweig must VC mustVC weig ti/o1frt-Jl ti o1frt Jl / , - , . day ' . . _ , . fittys fiftyund dwelghed ed two hundred and fitty fifty und "s s " s undGtuse SITe She put the candy down downDpe down'EPPe downEPPe Gtuse GtuseShe " ' " ' . andlrodueed seppe Dpe jumped to his feet andUCed and lrodueed " TOuced UCed the Major to Tomasino I a . Sh ShHer She - - Her Rer aRer name wa was , Rosa 'we we ' soe : laid said in fn her husky tat fat lady s . IC " oe " I 1 . am dehehted del1gbted delighted to see ce you _ _ . . _ _ _ here ere Mister Major That wet stone -she she - she stoneshe stonepointed pointedat pointedm pointed at Tomasino Tomasino- Tomasinoal - al most m almost st " refu refused edtoago to go and ask you . . , " Captain Purvis said Where thcse these arethcse arethese h > - " are pretty mackerel the old fish bound hound Is Issupposed supposed to bave have ' Say Major we got to make a deal here Idlike Giuseppe hereGluseppe hereGiuseppe here says he thinks I d like the dark one best " Gluseppe Giuseppe put in a word tor for his loyalty hisloyalty I Im m a tave save a blonde for toryou foryou you boss ' knowwhat Major Joppolo really rcally didn t know what to say tatRosa fatRosa Gluseppe GIuseppe sayGluseppe sayGIuseppe said quickly to the fat Rosa Where are thepiTla _ ' - - , I i I I i The me mother said UyOU thinkyou If you tlunk think you u can an hurry two pretty g ris rls try tryno trying tryg ing g to make mahe themselves prettier you prettieryou bedroomMajor no 11 II find them diem In the bedroomG bedroom Major Joppolo was alarmed to see seeb G Giuseppe seeGluseppe seeIUseppe seeGiuseppe IUseppe get up and go Into the thebedroom thedroom b bedroom droom kindof kmdo ; He wondered what kmd kind o of girls these were anyhow anyhowBut Gluseppecame GIUseppecame But in a few moments GIUseppe eachhand came back leading leadmg a girl by each hand He had explainedthe apparently explained the situation to the girls because becauseTina becauseTma Tma Tina Tmaent Joppolo \ vent \\ent ent went \ directly to Major Jop polo downbeside shook his hand and sat down besIde hJm him hJmand mm and the dark one Fran Francesca Francesca Francesca cesca went straight to Captain Captam Pur Purvis Purvis Purvis vis shook his handand band hand and sat down by downby him rum horn himMmm rumMmm hornMmm PUrvIS'not Mmm said Captain Purvis Purvisnot not 'not ' ' bad ' He felt secure in the thecertainty thecertainty certainty that the girls guls did not speak speakI - speak-English speak English speakEnglish English . . JoppoloI Take It easy Major Joppolo Joppolosaid Joppolosaid JoppolosaidTina saId saIdI saIdTma saidTina Tina Tma said in Italian I heard you breathing youbreathing In church last Sundaya Sunday SundayI Sundayu Sundayv a u v u uv uC s > v \ CI I Cf Cr CI Ca Cr CI /C C / f r I a r , I- I - Ir r 1 11 , I IV V I II I ve we never been so happy in my myhre mylife myJ myJYou hre life ' You ought to take more exercise exerciseMister exerciseMister exerciseMister Mister MajorMajor MajorMajor Major MajorMajor Major Joppolo said I was late lateI I was very late I got working on onsomething onsomething onsomething something and I lost track of bme time timeI bmeI I had to run to church . . It was very veryembarrassmg veryembarrassing veryembarrassing veryembarrassingTina embarrassmg embarrassing embarrassmgTma embarrassingTina Tina Tma said You had Father Pen PensovecchlO Pensovecchro Pensovecchio sovecchlO sovecchro v . worried orned I could tell by bythe bythe bythe the way he got mixed up in his serv servIce service service serviceMajor Ice IceMajor Major Joppolo said Do you go goto goto goto to church every Sunday SundayTina ' Tina Tma said Of courseMajor courseMajor course courseMajor Major Joppolo was able to talk talkWIth talkwith talkwith WIth Tina Tma interrupted only once m in ma ina ina a wh Ie le by bursts from the mother motherand motherand motherand and gales of laughter all around the theroom theroom theroom room except from Tomasino who whostared whostared whostared stared mood moodily y at the fioorThe floorThe floor fioor floorgo The Major said Do you always alwaysgo alwaysgo go to the the7 Church of San Angelo7 Angelo Angelo7This ' This time it was Tina Tma who whoblushed whoblushed whoblushed blushed No she said Glu Giu Gluseppe Giuseppe Giuseppe seppe told me you were .ere ere . going to tobe tobe tobe be there I wanted to see what whatthe whatthe whatthe the American Amencan Major was like hke Most MostSundays MostSundays MostSundays Sundays I go to the Church of theBenedettmi theBenedettmi the theBenedettml Benedettml Benedettmi BenedettmlMajor BenedettmiMajor Major Joppolo said What did didyou didyou didyou you think thmk of the American Major ' Tina Tma said He breathes very veryloudlY veryloudly veryloudly loudlY like the leaky bellows of the thepIpe thepope thepipe pIpe pope organ at the Benedettini ' ' The Major laughedHave laughedHave laughed laughedHave Have a piece of torrone Tina TinasaId Tinasaid Tinasaid saId I made it it . . One could not very well turn down downan downan downan an invitation put just that way so sothe sothe sothe the Major took a big piece The Thei Thecandy Thecandy Thecandy candy was passed all around the theroom theroom theroom room and for a time all conversa conversatIon conversatron conversation tIon tron stopped Nothing Nothmg could be beheard beheard bebeard heard except the crunching of nuts nutsbetween nutsbetween nutsbetween between teeth and the smacking smackingsound smackingsound smackingsound sound of bo lolled boiled ed sugar coming commg t un unstuck unstuck n nstuck stuck from teeth During Durmg this time timeof timeof timeof of chewing chewmg Major Joppolo couldn t tbelp thelp thelp belp help thinking how bow strange It was to tobUIld tobuild tobuild bUIld a whole evening around the theeating theeating theeating eating of torrone but that seemed seemedto to be the program . . I r / IWhen rWhen When he dared Major JoppolosaId Joppolosaid Joppolo JoppoloLsaid Lsaid saId GoodCaptam GoodCaptain Good GoodCaptain Captain Captam Purvis could afford afiord to be bemore bemore bemore more honest h in English He saId saIdWbat saidWhat saidWhat Wbat What did we come to a glue factory factory fac factory tory ? Another piece Tina said to theMajor theMajor the theMajor Major cordially cordiallyIn In a few |