E Roman. Let us go: we can stand out in the street and drink if you are
afraid to go in.' Leaving the studio, they walked a few steps to a house
that was literally all front-door; for the entrance was the entire width
of the building, and a buffalo-team could have passed in without let.
Outside stood a wine-cart, from which they were unloading several small
casks of wine. The driver's seat had a hood over it, protecting him from
the sun, as he lazily sleeps there, rumbling over the tufa road, to or
from the Campagna, and around the seat were painted in gay colors
various patterns of things unknown. In the autumn, vine-branches with
pendent, rustling leaves decorate hood and horse, while in sprin
