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THE SECOND ACT
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Tony

[Picking out a small boy]: Ecco il mio Giovannino! Ah, com’ è grande e bello e forte! Quanto pesa?

Giovannino’s Mother

Ah, si, è grande, non è vero? Pesa sessanta cinque libbre.

Tony

Sessanta cinque! [To Amy]: Amy, looka him! He weigh’ sixty-five pound’, an’ he’s only . . . [To the mother]: Quant’ anni?

Giovannino’s Mother

Soltanto nove.

Tony

He’s only nine year’ old an’ he weigh sixty-five pound’!

Another Mother

Antonio, ecco la mia.

[A little girl runs to throw her arms around Tony’s neck and kiss him. Exclamations of delight.]

Tony

[To the mother]: Ah! Come si chiama?