The stage manager of the theater is watching the latest ventriloquist's act coming to a close. The applause is deafening, but in his opinion, the latest act was only average. Bertini was the best ventriloquist they'd ever had at the theater, the greatest anyone had ever seen. He was an Italian who spoke broken English. They'd first met on a Wednesday morning when he came bursting into the stage office with the dummy on his arm...