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But he was far from pleased at being addressed in his present mood . `` The same , signore , '' he replied coldly . `` How can I serve you ? '' `` You can serve the world you so well adorn better than by exposing your noble voice to the midnight damps and chills of this infernal -- I would say , eternal -- city , '' answered the other . `` Forgive me . I am , not unnaturally , concerned at the prospect of loosing even a small portion of the pleasure you know how to give to me and to many others . '' `` I thank you for your flattery , '' said Nino , drawing his cloak about him , `` but it appears to me that my throat is my own , and whatever voice there may be in it .