"Do you know, Signor Commendatore," he said, "some mystery surrounds that vessel.

" "I do not deny them, Signor Commendatore.

"Well, Signor Commendatore, to tell the truth, she has disappeared.

I recollect quite well that affaira love affair, was it not?" "Yes, Signor Commendatore.

"The truth is, Signor Commendatore, that my wife has mysteriously disappeared.

"Signor Commendatore," he said in a low voice, as though fearing to be overheard, "may I be permitted to speak in private with you?" "Certainly," I said, and I took him in the lift up to my room.

"Why do you ask, Signor Commendatore?"

"Yes, with a distinct motive," he said; then, after a pause, he added, with a strange, earnest look in his dark eyes, "Pardon me, Signor Commendatore, if I presume to suggest something, will you not?" "Certainly.

And the Signor Commendatore is also threatened.

" "He followed closely behind the Signor Commendatore.

The Italian seated next to him was the Commendatore Rudolphe Cusani, head of the wealthy banking firm of Montemartini of Rome, which ranked next to the Bank of Italy.

" "Then why not apply for a warrant for his arrest?" suggested the Commendatore Cusani.

These are the worst spectres, because they must be subdued: you touch them, they touch you, and, in order to drag you away to their tomb, they seize you with an arm of flesh which is no better than the marble hand of the Commendatore.

Pupil of Professore Commendatore Pietro Vanni.

I'd as soon shake hands with the Commendatore in Don Giovanni.