11/19 "Where does he come from? He has spent most of his life in Italy." "You said in your letter he was American. Hasn't he a native place ?" "Yes, but he has forgotten it. He left it as a small boy." "Has he never gone back ?" "Why should he go back ?" Isabel asked, flushing all defensively. "He has no profession." "He might have gone back for his pleasure. |