PANTALONE

Sometimes rich , sometimes poor , either a father or a bachelor old man , Pantalone is always mean , covetous , usurer , suspicious , careful and conservative but occasionally trusting and easily tending to fall in love. Bad - tempered but kind as well , always willing to give advice (advaices are free) with his hoarse voice , his speech (usually to his own benefit) is long and dull : it is the hundred year-old childīs wisdom.