"This noise," said the noble Venetian, "may amuse one for a little time, but if it were to last above half an hour, it would grow tiresome to everybody, though perhaps no one would care to own it.
»Ez a lárma, mondá Pococuranté, mulattat egy félóra hosszat; de ha tovább tart, mindenkit elfáraszt, bár senki sem meri azt bevallani.