"I had heard one of his pictures very highly praised.

It represents a young woman sitting on the gallery railing in the Colosseum, with the sunlight streaming on her through a red umbrella.

The warm glow of the sunbeams is in striking contrast with the deep melancholy on the girl's face.

I offered the artist two hundred scudi for the piece, but he said it was not for sale at any price." Blanka felt as powerless in the hands of this woman as a rabbit in the clutches of a lion.

The beautiful Cyrene closed the portfolio and exclaimed: "Rozina, these men are terrible creatures! They make us women their slaves.