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“No, I am sorry to say. I am still at the hotel. All the
rooms I have seen, are so expensive.”
“But it is not cheaper at the hotel, is it? I suppose you
have to pay three lire a day at least? I thought so. It is not
cheap in Rome, you know. You must have rooms to the south
in winter. You don’t speak Italian, of course, but why did
you not ask us to help you? Jenny or I would willingly have
gone with you to look for rooms.”
“Thank you very much. I would not dream of troubling
you about that.”
“It is no trouble whatever. How are you getting on?
Have you met any people?”
“No. I came here on Saturday, but I did not speak to
anybody. I read the papers. The day before yesterday I saw
Heggen in a café on the Corso and exchanged a few words with
him. I have also met two German doctors I knew in Florence,
and I went with them to Via Appi one day.”
“Ugh! German doctors are not nice, are they?”
Helge smiled, embarrassed.
“Perhaps not, but we have some interests in common, and
when one goes about without having anybody to talk to....”
“Yes, but you must make up your mind to speak Italian;
you know the language, don’t you? Come for a walk with
me and we will talk Italian all the way. I shall be a very
strict maestra, you will see."
“Thank you very much, Miss Jahrman, but I am afraid you
will not find me very entertaining — except unwittingly
perhaps.”
“Rubbish! Look here, I’ve got an idea! Two old Danish
ladies left for Capri the day before yesterday. Their room
may be vacant still. I am sure it is. A nice little room and
cheap. I don’t remember the name of the street, but I know
where it is. Shall I go with you and have a look at it? Come
along.”
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