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une heure après, le signor giovannone arrive chez le directeur :
'an hour later, signer giovannone came to call on the director.

le signor giovannone, directeur de san-carlino, m’entendit chanter.
'signer giovannone, the director of san carlino, heard me sing.

le signor giovannone il me dit : caro, d’abord un petit bout d’engagement.
signor giovannone said to me: "first of all, _caro_, a little agreement."

– mais comment, dis-je à giovannone, obtenir que le sévère zingarelli me laisse sortir ?
'"but how," i said to giovannone, "am i to persuade the strict zingarelli to let me go?"

– si ce n’est que de sa volonté qu’il s’agit, dit gravement giovannone en tirant de sa poche mon engagement, carta canta! voici sa signature.
'"if his willingness is all that matters," said giovannone gravely, producing my agreement from his pocket, "_carta canta_! here is his signature."