dining room, and a gorgeous living room that had a beamed

of fresh blotting-paper that absorbed all he said and asked for

more. She was very appreciative, and incredibly ignorant- a kind of

"I should like to see Rome," she said; "it must be a lovely

city, or so many foreigners would not be constantly arriving there.

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."