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George, "I am going to spend the morning at Piale's library, reading the papers, and you will be left to entertain yourself." "O, that's no matter," said Rollo. "I can get Charles Beekman to go with me. We can take care of ourselves very well." "What will you do?" asked Mr. George. "I want to go and see the Tarpeian Rock," said Rollo.
Spence had made his acquaintance in Rome a year ago; they conversed casually in Piale's reading-room, and Seaborne happened to say that the one English landscape-painter who strongly interested him was a little-known man, Ross Mallard. His own work was mostly anonymous; he wrote for one of the quarterlies and one of the weekly reviews.
November the pair spent in Rome, and thence was despatched the following in Malkin's hand: 'This time I am not mistaken! I have seen Peak. He didn't see me; perhaps wouldn't have known me. It was in Piale's reading-room. I had sat down to The Times, when a voice behind me sounded in such a curiously reminding way that I couldn't help looking round. It was Peak; not a doubt of it.
A stray forestieri might occasionally cross its blazing pavements and dive into Piale's or Cook's, and a few flower girls brought their irises and big white roses to the steps, more from habit than for profit surely.
Here all sorts of notices are posted up, such as advertisements of things lost or found, of parties forming for excursions, of couriers wanting places or families wanting couriers, of paintings for sale, carriages for sale or for hire, and all such things. Piale's establishment contains a number of different rooms. The first that Rollo entered on arriving at the place was the bookstore.
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