human
Brace up, Dan. Who knows? Kitty may be on the high seas, that is, if she has taken my advice and got a return-ticket. I'll give you a dinner at the Bertolini to-night, and you may have the magnum of any vintage you like. We'll have Tomass' drive us down the Via Caracciolo. It will take some of the disappointment out of your system.
gpt
Any old place, was the joyless response.
human
Seems to me that Italy has all the cards when it comes to graft.
gpt
America, my boy, is only in the primary department. Kitty's manager forgot the most important thing of the whole outfit.
human
What's that?
gpt
The Itching Palm. Evidently it had not been properly soothed. Come on; we may run across some of our ship-acquaintances. To-morrow we'll start for Rome, and then we shall add our own investigations to those of the consul.