“No, my brother and I are on our way to Rome.”
“But Nice will be magnificent....”
“Yes, that’s true; but we have made up our minds to go to Rome to visit our uncle, the Cardinal.”
The Englishman made a gesture of annoyance, which did not go unperceived by his wife or by Laura. On arriving at Nice, the Englishman and his Yankee wife got out, after promising that they would be in Rome before many days.
Laura and Cæsar remained alone and chatted about their fellow-travellers. According to Laura, the couple did not get along well and they were going to separate.
IN ITALY
In the middle of the afternoon they arrived at Ventimiglia and changed trains.
“Are we in Italy now?” said Cæsar.
“Yes.”
“It seems untidier than France.”