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`` I 'm sure you will , and farther out even than he does . '' `` Ah , he 'll never allow that . He 'd swim to Africa first ! '' That night , at twenty-one o'clock , Hermione and Lucrezia stood under the arch , and watched Maurice and Gaspare springing down the mountain-side as if in seven-leagued boots . Soon they disappeared into the darkness of the ravine , but for some time their loud voices could be heard singing lustily : `` Ciao , ciao , ciao , Morettina bella ciao , Prima di partire Un bacio ti voglio da ' ; Un bacio al papà , Un bacio alla mammà , Cinquanta alla mia fidanzata , Che vado a far solda ' . '' `` I wish I were a man , Lucrezia , '' said Hermione , when the voices at length died away towards the sea . `` Signora , we were made for the men .