“'The scene is laid in Florence,'“ repeated Cecil, with an upward note.

Lucy recollected herself.

“'Sunset. Leonora was speeding — '“

Lucy interrupted. “Leonora? Is Leonora the heroine? Who's the book by?”

“Joseph Emery Prank. 'Sunset. Leonora speeding across the square. Pray the saints she might not arrive too late. Sunset — the sunset of Italy. Under Orcagna's Loggia — the Loggia de' Lanzi, as we sometimes call it now — '“

Lucy burst into laughter. “'Joseph Emery Prank' indeed! Why it's Miss Lavish! It's Miss Lavish's novel, and she's publishing it under somebody else's name.”