“Oh, everything! The pictures, the olive trees——”
I paused, rather at a loss myself.
“I suppose you speak Italian?” I resumed.
“Not a word, unfortunately. But of course, with hall porters and—er—guides.”
“Exactly,” I hastened to reply. “And which was your favourite picture?”
“Oh, er—the Madonna—er—Raphael, you know.”
“Dear old Florence,” I murmured sentimentally. “So picturesque on the banks of the Arno. A beautiful river. And the Duomo, you remember the Duomo?”
“Of course, of course.”
“Another beautiful river, is it not?” I hazarded. “Almost more beautiful than the Arno?”
“Decidedly so, I should say.”