"At least it is different from any other hotel we have seen," said Ellen, philosophically, "and we hoped San Gimignano would be rather queer."
"But not this kind of queerness," Katie continued to protest.
CHAPTER XV
A LETTER FROM FLORENCE
Irma had been two or three days in Florence before she had time to write the long letter to Tessie that for some time she had been planning.
"Dear Tessie," she began:
"Though I have sent you messages and post cards, this is my first letter. I know you do not care to hear much about pictures and churches, of which I have seen almost too many, so I will tell you about other things. I can't say much about foreign children, only that they all seem shy, except the little girls who beg, and the little boys who wish to be our guides, and I am sorry to say that sometimes, just to get rid of them, we give them the penny that we know is not good for them. They want all the money they can get from forestieri, for we are forestieri here.