Ngaio Marsh
When in Rome
also published as
DEATH ON A GUIDED TOUR
For
H. E. The Ambassador and Mrs. McIntosh
and the Staff of the Residence, New Zealand Embassy in Rome,
who made it possible
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Il Cicerone conducted tours
Mr. Sebastian Mailer — the cicerone
his patrons
Mr. Barnaby Grant — author of Simon in Latium
The Baron and Baroness Van der Veghel
Miss Sophy Jason — writer of children’s stories
Lady Braceley
The Honourable Kenneth Dorne — her nephew
Major Hamilton Street
Superintendent Roderick Alleyn — C.I.D. London
officers of the roman police department
Il Questore Valdarno
Il Vice-Questore Bergarmi
Sundry members of the questura
dominicans in charge at san tommaso in pallaria
Father Denys
Brother Dominic
sundry persons in rome
Giovanni Vecchi — his assistant
Violetta — a postcard vendor
Marco — a restaurateur
A British consul
Signor Pace — a travel agent
A porter and sundry waiters
1
Barnaby in Rome
Barnaby Grant looked at the Etruscan Bride and Bridegroom who reclined so easily on their sarcophagal couch and wondered why they had died young and whether, as in Verona, they had died together. Their gentle lips, he thought, brushed with amusement, might easily tilt into the arrowhead smile of Apollo and Hermes. How fulfilled they were and how enigmatically alike. What signal did she give with her largish hands? How touchingly his hand hovered above her shoulder.