"Better than throwing hope away."
"Well, who is it now?"
"He lives far away."
"In Germany again?"
"No, in Rome."
"In Rome? Why, that's at the end of the world--in Italy!"
"I know it's in Italy!" said Zillah, rejoiced at the information. "But
what then? If organ-grinders can travel the distance, why can't I?"
"But you can't speak Italian!"
"And they can't speak English!"
"Madness! Work, but not wisdom! I could not trust you alone in such a
strange country, and the season is too busy for me to leave the
factory."
"I don't need you with me," she said, vastly relieved. "Brum will be
with me."