Chapter V.
Getting Lost.
"And now," said Rollo, "the first thing is to find somebody that can speak French or English, for us to inquire of."
"What good will that do?" asked Charles, "as long as we don't know what to ask them for?"
"True," said Rollo. "That's a real difficulty. I wish we just knew the name of the hotel. At any rate, we will walk along until we find a carriage, and I will be thinking what we had better do."
The boys walked along together. Charles kept silence, so as not to interrupt Rollo in his thinking.
"All I know," said Rollo, after a short pause, "is, that the long, straight street that we came through, is the Corso. I have heard of that street before. If we could only find our way to the Corso, I believe that I could follow it along, and at last find the mosaic shop, and so get back to our hotel."
"Very well," said Charles, "let us try."
"Or, we might get into a carriage," said Rollo, "and direct the coachman which way to drive by pointing."