Hanbury-Green absolute guarantees that
with him she will occupy the highest position. Everything
Conservative is _vieux jeu_ now, she says, and she must go with the
tide.
And from this the letter wandered on to personal matters.
Meanwhile John Derringham had received Mrs. Porrit's answer and had
ascertained the Professor's probable address, and was joyously speeding
his way on to Rome.
CHAPTER XXXIV
The Palace of the Caesars was lying in blazing heat when Halcyone and the
Professor decided to spend the afternoon there. People had warned them
not to get to Rome until October, but they were both lovers of the sun,
and paid no heed. It would be particularly delightful to have the
eternal city to themselves, and they had come straight down from San
Gimignano, meaning to pick up their motor again at Perugia on their way
back, as the roads to the south were so bad.
They had only arrived the evening before, and felt the Palatine hill
should be their first pilgrimage. It was completely deserted in the heat
and they wandered in peace.
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