27/33 No, I'm afraid we can't wait now. The guide is anxious to take us on. We haven't seen the House of Sallust yet or the Street of Tombs. I want to ask him whether they've been doing any more excavations near the Herculaneum Gate." Miss Morley, deep in conversation with No. 24, passed on, in the full belief that all her flock were following behind her. |