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If he does so provide himself, and if he falls into the custom good naturedly, as one of the established usages of the country, which is moreover not without its advantages, it becomes a source of pleasure to him to pay the poor fellows their expected fees. "Rollo," said Mr. George, "I am going to put the whole business of the buono manos into your hands." "Good!" said Rollo.
"Buono!" said the Italian, folding the paper with a flourish, and bestowing it in his breast-pocket. "Is there anything more?" "That is all," said Sacovitch. "I think we understand each other, and we could do no more than that if we talked till midnight." "In that case," said Roncivalli, rising, "until tomorrow, madame. Until to-morrow, Mr. Brunow."
So saying, he took out three gold napoleons, for the sixty francs, and six francs in silver, and handing the whole to Rollo, said, "There's the money." "But, uncle George," said Rollo, "I can't pay the buono manos in gold." "No," said Mr. George; "you must get the money changed, of course." "And what shall I get it changed into?" asked Rollo. "I don't know, I'm sure," said Mr. George.
"Dio buono!" cried Ippolita. "Is he the gentleman who wants to undo me?" They were shocked. "He asks no more than to sit at your feet, Ippolita, and read the secrets of your beautiful eyes. It is your soul he loves; he asks nothing of your body." "They never do, Madonna," said Ippolita; "but I am a poor girl, so please you, who have to look every way at once, as the saying is.
He resolved to come to terms with the count, and sent Antonio Guido Buono, of Tortona, to offer his daughter and conditions of peace, which were accepted with great pleasure by the count, and also by the colleagues as far as themselves were concerned.
As soon as the portantina bearers reached the place where he stood, they set down the chair, and immediately the whole set crowded around Mr. George, and again demanded buono manos. "Philippe payera," said Mr. George, pointing down the mountain to the Hermitage "Philippe payera, l
I will now treat you with two or three stanzas of a canzon, or hymn, in this language, to the Virgin Mary, which was lately printed at Nice. Vierge, maire de Dieu, Nuostro buono avocado, Embel car uvostre sieu, En Fenestro adourado, Jeu vous saludi, E demandi en socours; E sense autre preludi, Canti lous uvostre honours.
If you employ a guide in a town to show you about to the places and things that are curious there, under an agreement that he is to have a dollar a day, he is not satisfied at night if you pay him merely a dollar. He expects twenty cents or a quarter of a dollar over, as a buono mano, as it is called. This is the understanding on which the bargain is made.
"N n no; one don't see that he should have but one can't be too suspicious, mio buono Signor Giovacchino," said the police authority; "and then, what does he mean by being ill?" he added, after a little thought; "he was well yesterday. It looks me very much as if he did not want to be questioned." "I should not think that he can have much to tell.
The next day the cicerone called alone to see about some repairs, when Brown hailed him: "Buono giorno. Che è questo?" "Non sapete?" "Why, that is the celebrated Brullof." Brown started as though shot.
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