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I would n't introduce him , because I saw he was just dying for it . '' Miss Mayhew laughed , as she laughed at everything , not because she was amused , but because she was happy ; this childlike gayety of heart was great part of her charm . Elmore had quieted his scruples as a good Venetian by coming inside of the caffè while the band played , instead of sitting outside with the bad patriots ; but he put the ladies next the window , and so they were not altogether sacrificed to his sympathy with the _ dimostrazione _ . The next morning Elmore was called from his bed -- at no very early hour , it must be owned , but at least before a nine o'clock breakfast -- to see a gentleman who was waiting in the parlor . He dressed hurriedly , with a thousand exciting speculations in his mind , and found Mr. Rose-Black looking from the balcony window . `` You have a pleasant position here , '' he said easily , as he turned about to meet Elmore 's look of indignant demand . `` I 've come to ask all about our friends the Andersens . ''