as a guest bedroom most of the year. The house had no air

Now, do give me a description of Rome. How does the city look when you

"I cannot very well describe it," said the sculptor; "but you

enter on a large open space, in the centre of which stands an obelisk,

which is a thousand years old."

"An organist!" exclaimed the lady, who had never heard the word

'obelisk.' Several of the guests could scarcely forbear laughing,

and the sculptor would have had some difficulty in keeping his

countenance, but the smile on his lips faded away; for he caught sight