"Only four o'clock! It is too early for us to go home," said Flora, looking up from her watch as they got into the street.
"Is there anything near that we have not seen?"
"The Farnese Palazzo is quite close, but if the king and queen are not away it is only shown to visitors on Sundays at five in the evening."
"Let us try, at all events; they may perhaps be absent."
As the two ladies turned off the Lungara into the Via del Ponte, they met Mr. Lyne coming down the Via delle Fornaci.
"Mrs. Adair! who would have thought of seeing you here?" and he shook hands with her and with Flora.
"We are returning from the Villa Ianthe," answered Mrs. Adair.
"And I," rejoined Mr. Lyne, "from the beautiful Fontana Paolina. Are you going to walk home?"
"Yes; or rather we are going first to the Palazzo Farnese to try if we can see it. Flora says it is quite near."