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"Be quiet. I do not say that he was understood by those only who

know something, but even those who were the most stupid and

ignorant, caught the sense perfectly. You might go now, and ask

them to repeat his discourse; perhaps they might not remember a

single word, but they would have its whole meaning in their head.

And how easy it was to perceive that he alluded to this signor,

although he never pronounced his name! But one might have guessed

it from the tears which flowed from his eyes. And all the people

wept--"

"That is true," cried the little boy. "But why did they all cry

like little children?"