Although she was given the captain's cabin, the journey to Rome was wretched.Although she was given the captain's cabin, the journey to Rome was wretched. Once in the famous Italian city, the conditions went from bad to worse. Aside from having to wait a week for a ship bound for Cairo, Ivy was forced to stay in inferior lodgings. The hotel had no sweets and did not even provide servants quarters. Her maid, Melissa, was staying in exactly the same caliber room as she. On top of this indignity, the weather was abysmally hot. Every day she would spend the hours of eleven to three lounging around her hotel room wearing only her bodice. |