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looked up and straight Into the wide. hungry-puppy Jeyes of a woman about 70, who was peering at me through the rallings two feet away.
She
heat and very carefully made up, her grey hair parted in the middle and combed behind her ears, and she had a violin.
www
Without
taking her eyes off one she started to play, pulling the strings with her ghurled old fingers,
Domap,
she went very slowly
dramatically.
Wish you
your
were here!
from SALLY VINCENT
Eventually she made of up the street.
wailers Aled The
Reasonable
At three
Bee
i tried the pose myself just to what it was the to be a young man shouting Venetia and found it was a very uncora- fortable sort of pose.
Sil, I thought, it will look Rood if Venella comes to her window, which, judging by his guze, was just about opposite mine..
Right one?
"Veneila," he screamed again. Then, his shoulders drooped
WAS sitting at a little red table outside a restaurant, wondering why I suppose there isn't a more inorrow-and-we-con-enjoy our-
nearly all men south of Calais wear those grey, rubbery-looking erin- turisty place than Rome, but it selves-again" attitude.
sceins The Roman's prefer to kled leather shoes, and making a mental note to inquire about their origin have their monuments do nil the tourist balting for them while for the service of all travellers to come, when I heard an apologetic they remain natural and ordin "plink" to my left.
ury and as friendly as any stiua- In Rome ings just happen. and he set off on a moody four tion allows.
You don't really get a chance of the square, stooping now and to think about them because then to have a quiet chat with For instance one night I went they all pile up and before you things like a shop window full Again no one looked up. The to a marvellous restaurant for know where you are it's three of bars of chocolate, the big Then they all started pelting
For about two little man sang the first phrase dinner drawn by the fact that Wetuck in the morning and round knocker on the door of s her with fee. minuten the battle roged, the six times, never letting up on the the man who organized the ear there's no one on the streets but house, a plece of hosepipe which
he felt he
and walters
had parking for clients did so on you and a horse and cart and he found in one corner throwing ice, the old action. Then indy ducking and plinking and tone his bit, and approached big white horse.
there is another tiny foun- threw. into another, and the singing ke mad.
each inble in turn,
tain that wants to be admired. glass plate outside my hotel. Unfortunately, when I got
This particular night, I had inside, I discovered about
When he finished he marci:ed 50 had whisky at George's lassogna briskly back to his lamp-post Texans had had the same ken, at Torennn'a, coffee on the Vin he wasn't the least bit drunk so Only they had virtually taken Veneta, had had fountains far as I could tell cupped hle back Into the restaurant with- out comment and the dinern just
and tiny squares mouth. What he was saying I don't over the place. There they were, and cobbles
with his hands and: went on eating the!:
globbets of all-American and the Tiber and crazy face know, because I do not under- great
taxis Venetia, Venetin, Venetia, Avel umbrella pines domp, dempty domp useles moving rhythmically all stand Italian, but it sounded, in boys, wearing big, open-mouthed and
Venetia, Veneila," he barked, the way up to their temples. and
tome anyway, rather reasonable smiles like the ones you throw thought half a night's sleep was very crisp and cross, at the top
balls through a fun fairs.
indicated. and even philosophic.
The Texan in charge
But how does a pailld English addressed
Then he stepped up to the When
the diners
Д waving handkerchief and girl dietale to Roma! How does door of her house and gave it a were equally reasonable. They
I had stayed up all tremendous kick. He bent down night with Rome and now 1 and rubbed the low of his shoe, chatted back unleably and went demanding that the band play REYOR?
"Yellow Rose of Texon," on eating.
The musicians, whu had was bedtime and, I thought us, took out a handkerchief and
there Someone gave him a elgarette, already been extrovert enough it started,
night to be polished his shoe, put his hand- kerchief away, turned so that When it was my turn he spoke to wear ridiculous stocking caps sone rules.
German and should not therefore have
his back was to the door, und in English. He tried
to be more and French Arst, and I tried to been expected
began kicking at it backwards. look equally bewildered about accommodating. were charming
like a horse,
Suddenly the English, but I could not foot and placating and did their best.
"Venetia... Venecclla," After that, our friend from
who His message was quite simple, the all-stor State
was erled, his voice He felt, he said, that I should obviously fearful of some fatal maudling with unrequited love.
disease and wanted to pack all "Vencccctia," he howled. Your give him some money.
I told him I was not going to his good time into one trip to name, I told mysel, as I strug
on to the gled out of bed and mede for the give him anything at all, and he Europe leaped
stand and tried to window, Is Sally. teach them "Jingle Bells.
Beneath a yellow lang on the
P.S., I have seen St Peter's, Then he turned mud sald very And all the while the Romans other side of the Hule square the Trevi Fountain, the Colos- With each joyous high note he matter of factly that as no one shrugged at each other and tried below stand a young in with sein, the Spanish Steps, and raised
me. I had his many other naments. both arms atly above was giving him anything he was to be friendly, with a sort of his back to his head and with each staccato obliged
fuked, to go away and steal "We'll-give-them-a-good- time - arms
his hend
F.P.8. That rubbery-locking phrase he executed a sort of soft something, which no doubt he tonight-and with - any - luck - thrown back and his shoulders feather turns out to be seal-skin.
ace shutte.
they'll-ge-somewhere-else to were hunched.
And then she started to sing "Black Eyes" It was as well. land. if I om not very much
mistaken. in Russian.
got The quavery soprano louder and faster and this sung got more and more intense and still the puppy-eyes never left my face.
I thought "Oh dear, why do they always pick on me?"" and looked bround expecting to collect the accusing stares of my fellow diners.
Deft things But no one vise appeared to
have heard her. There they sat. all the fat Ilallans, chomping steadis, doing deft things with spaghetti, swilling down the red vino; and no sign that anyone even suspected there was an elderly beggar Indy with a violin giving her alt with "Black Eyes" through the railings.
Then a lethargle waiter won- dered out of the restaurant door- way carrying an ice bucket.
The puppy-eyes become wary and extred from me and the
ald lady moved about two paces "Binek earried on with
Eyes" through some more rail- ings. Another five waiters emerged, all with ice buckets.
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For five minutes all was quiet. A foimtain in the centre of the square made its wistful four- from time to time lain's noise; someone clinked a glass or pasa ed the wild casual Italien re- Inark.
Then, with a great whoop of him. fruity barilone, someone started singing "Volore." He was a tiny man in a Norman Wisdom selt and he appeared with a flourish right in the middle of the tables, his face rapturous with the glory of his voice.
THE
AS THE
shrugged and started to move musicians DIT.
dld.
NATION'S
was
Disturbance
FIRST LINE
OF
DISREPUTE...
DEFENCE DRIFTS INTO
le
vibrant and
Call the nameless
why
of his voice.
he stopped, turned and stored at the place where he had been kicking, and bent down to examine the door. Then he stood up, lit a cigarette, and walked smartly away.
And not a soul #lirred. That's Rome for you.
London Express Service),
ones to account now!
AT the bar of a Pall Mall club yesterday I heard
a well-known business man remark "Sir.So and So will get roasted for this," loudly naming the head of the Secret Service which was responsi ble for checking the loyalty of the spy George Blake while he was working abroad.
doubt old
By
CHAPMAN. PINCHER
him, took the major rap for his treachery, with immense pojlti- cal consequences for Britain The U.S. Government, vnet pressure from Congressmen, re- fused to restart the flow of nuclear secrets.
To support the Prime Minister
reveal the nomes of the men
for the responsible
Blakn
The US has recognised this in-the-ground affairs that they when M.Ps press him again to thomaly. The head of its M.1.5 are starved and understated. "Yes, and no
The total annual sum allotted disaster, civil servants 050 Sir Somebody Else
will keep the Government informed the Federal Bureau of Inves
igation is a household nome, to them la only 27,000,000 already marshalling the bro catch it too," another man of Ruesta's military activities. M J. Edgar Hoover.
probably several hundred times off phrases like "not in ne said, openly naming the
The continued effectiveness
When the US, teorganised its less than the Russians spend on public interest" und "against he of Britain's deterrent weapons
subversive interests of national securit head of M.I.5, the depart to prevent attack largely de- Seemnt Service after the lesson spionage and
This is the surest sign dat ment responsible for rends on our ability to convince of Pearl Harbour, to form the activity.
2. It enables the security another Whitehall whitewash is Central Intelligence Agency, the Blake's loyalty while he Mr Khrushchev that we possess name of the chief was un-chiefs to counter any uncle. on the way while the nation's worked in Britain.
an efficient esplotape system.
first line of defence drifts Inlo In Britain the hena of M.La nounced. It is currently Mr served criticism,
Alleh Dulles,
Because the M.I.5 men have dangerous disrepute, Bath
ne public spokesman they took mich MAY
get tears the responsibility for en
To forestall it, M.P.A should I have no special admiration the international blame for the butiger the Fris "roasted" by the Prime Minis- saring. that the strength of
Minister ter when they are summoned the deterferit. forer is not under for Me Dulles, but when his de- Fuchs cake which they consider relentlessly until he agrees to
partment is in trouble, un over the Cuban Invasion Anoco, he to be one of their greatest sus direct some permanent. Ught Into
cesses. Fuchs did almost all what in clearly a faces up to the public row in-
thickly his serious spying in the US. cobwebbed corner of Whitehall, stead of skulking behind D
yet M.1.5, which finally cornered
--(Landon Express Berulei). mask.
well
to help him explain this intent mir... ktisktabi aples.
security disaster in Parliament, But they will not be subject- ed-to public censure because, though their names are bandied abcut in clubs, they are affcfal- ly "Top Secret
J
Too great
The spur
I say that these responsibIN- ties are far too great to be in Many people 1 incepto the hands of tacriesa meti
Nobody with know when our lives nidy, depend on Iersionally and socially
the nation's there names, They are st- the ability of time two men, we security of Heart wants a witch- tuinly known to every ranking should know who they are. hunt. But the fullest publicly diplomat in the Russian Em- bassy.
when. defects in the We should know socriething system
security
are disclosed is the
QUOTE
from the Justice of the Peace jid Locut Government Reviews,
TALKING
POINTS
But if i disclose diem to le about thir quallications and surest way of getting them reby learner-drivers who drive publie in this Hewspaper I their past records. They should medied.
And the persistent fear of willout L-platen and have no can be
The United Nations to C under to be seen to be meh in whom not prosecuted Omeint Secréta Act,
buty Britain but her Allies can such publicity is the shiruest qualified driver with them:-
spur to detion to prevent such he the must effective way of talh importance.
TISQUALIFICATION seems to have conndence and trust,
Protection
The British people would defects.
It may be argued that a tile bringing thete conduet home nover countordnco a decision to
chielo nover claim them, put the R.A.F.'s H-bomber forca necurity,
for any atte In former days anonymity under an anonymous common bile applause may have protected security der. They would not agrub to crea, they should be immune
from public censure. chiefe against physeat infury an anonymous Defice Malater In practice, as die US. ex by foreign agents, especially to could never be called to perience, proyes, giving becuelly which travelling abroad, Today Recourt.
I inver
to
Uebating soctely of uncer-
-1.5. NEWS AND WORLD
REPORT.
1.
from the Most Rev. Deccher, Archbishop of East Afries, who arrived in London departments a real pubilo koge by uit from Naltobl yesterday:—
The bent reuson why only to protect them Why, then, anbola thene diner with men instead of shadow in NY man of courago should from verbal conmure, at home, pitel jobs be in the had of command steps up their effco- nike his home Keur Monarchy in " ⚫ strong
When the invest threat to fameless, ham, of
do niy unknown tiveness in two ways or vi i the danger of sur ability operating, so far as the 1 It, horcases the Clover-hilaren. Ball my sons A Roverhment is that it is áh pine 11-Abo nithek, tih hoay pubile is concerned, in the ment's willingness to give them living it Kenya with their intelligibló government. of the Boctet Bervico cartluk A hallcm of 4 deep trench 10 more money. It is because the young wivoni colomal reporukuity. 156 anunt Whitehall?
secret services. oro auch holes jumpendor Szweis Beroles).
-WALTER BAUEROT
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