[60] This table—

—is much merrier than usual this evening.
Enrico! I drink to the health of your sister.

[61a] This table is not dirty, it is clean.
Enrico! Eat, and do not pay attention to them.[61b] The animal
Will not do it any harm.[61c] Now that I have eaten I am no longer fasting;
I drink to the health of Enrico, who is a poet.[61d] I also, if I may make so bold, wish to drink the health of Enrico who desires to hear me sing; for a year I have not seen you, O, my dear brother! Come to-day and I will sing you Otello.[62] To-day I feel inclined to eat a fig;
I drink to the health of Signor Enrico.[183] Best wishes for your festa. Thanks for the intellectual evening and for the coffee. Greetings—no more, for fear of making our friend Antonio jealous.

Your most devoted Enrico.[294] The Authoress of the Odyssey, by Samuel Butler.