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Updated: May 22, 2025
"It not so in America, Signor Bolto?" asked the Genoese, after he had explained his wishes to Benedetta, in Italian; "It no ze fashion in your country to honor ze saints?"
The money was returned to his purse, but his distrust and doubts were by no means removed. "Answer me one thing, Signor Bolto," asked the vice-governatore, after a minute of thought; "if you hate the English so much, why do you serve in their ships? why not quit them on the first good occasion? The land is as wide as the sea, and you must be often on it."
What does any one want to honor a saint for? A saint is but a human a man like you and me, after all the fuss you make about 'em. Saints abound in my country, if you'd believe people's account of themselves." "Not quite so, Signor Bolto. You and me no great saint. Italian honor saint because he holy and good."
"We are not critics in your language, but it is reasonable to suppose that the English speak their own tongue better than any other people. That much must be conceded to them, at least, Signor Bolto." "I shall acknowledge no such advantage as belonging to them.
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