10/14 'From your appearance I should have said you were German--most of the foreigners who visit Valedolmo are German.' 'Well, I'm not,' he said shortly. 'I'm American.' 'It is a pity my father is not at home,' she returned, '_he_ enjoys meeting Americans.' A gleam of anger replaced the embarrassment in the young man's eyes. He glanced about for a dignified means of escape; they had him pretty well penned in. Unless he wished to reclimb the wall--and he did not--he must go by the terrace, which retreat was cut off by the washer-women, or by the parapet, already occupied by the girl in white and the washing. He turned abruptly and his elbow brushed a stocking to the ground. |