human
I did not know that there were such men,
gpt
So he got out,
human
May he die assassinated! answered Toto.
gpt
I will burn a candle to the Madonna every day, in order that an apoplexy may seize him. He is the devil in person, this cursed engineer. Even the earth and the water will not have him. They spit him out, like that.
human
You know nothing,
gpt
What is it?
human
There was old Sassi, who was hurt, and the engineer's gaol-bird mason-servant. They were with him. It was all in the _Messaggero_ this morning.
gpt
I know that without the newspaper, you imbecile. It was I that told you, for I saw all three pass under the window while I was locked in. Is there anything else you know?
human
Oh, yes! There was another person with them.
gpt
I daresay, Toto answered, pretending blank indifference.
human
He must have been close to the wall as they went by. What difference does it make since that pig of an engineer got out?
gpt
The other person was caught with him when the water rose,
human
Curse him, whoever he was! He helped the engineer and that is why they got out. No man alone could have broken through that wall in a night, except one of us.
gpt
The other person was only a woman, after all, answered Gigi.
human
But you do not care, I suppose.
gpt
Speak, animal of a Jesuit that you are! cried Toto.
human
Do not make me lose my soul!
gpt
There are people who would pay to know, he said,
human
It is under number thirteen, Master Judas. Speak!
gpt
It was the little fair girl of Casa Conti who was caught with the engineer in the vaults.
human
The little Princess Sabina?
gpt
I told you that you knew nothing, he observed in triumph.
human
They were together all night, and she slept in his room, and the Senator's wife came to get her in the morning. The engineer took the porter off to the cellars before they came down, so that he should not see her pass; but he forgot me, the old carpenter of the house, and I opened the postern for the two ladies to go out. The little Princess's skirt had been torn. I saw the pins with these eyes. It was also spotted with mud which had been brushed off. But thanks be to heaven I have still my sight. I see, and am not blind.
gpt
Are you sure it was she?
human
I saw her as I see you. Have I not seen her grow up, since she used to be wheeled about in a baby carriage in Piazza Navona, like a flower in a basket? Her nurse made love with the 'woodpecker' who was always on duty there.