"Is the child dumb?" cried the Professor, who,proud of his knowledge of many languages, now tried French: "Comment appellet-on cette montagne, mon enfant?"
Silence still.
"Now let us try Italian," said my uncle; and he said:
"Dove noi siamo?"
"Yes, where are we?" I impatiently repeated.
But there was no answer still.
"Will you speak when you are told?" exclaimed my uncle, shaking the urchin by the ears. "Come si nomaquesta isola?"