"He would... he would think of... well, he asked me if he can give my physical appearance to the girl in the book he is writing."
"And what did you answer?"
"The book will also include Nanuck, Carlo Robilant, Cipriani: why would I say no? I said yes."
Guido's beautiful eyes lit up: "Then you will be the protagonist of Hemingway's book, is that so?"
"Not really like that. The girl will have my physical appearance, that's all. Since it's premature, please don't talk about it for now...," but already the archangel Guido had flown off the bridge and all of Venice was about to be informed that the heroine of Ernest Hemingway's next novel was none other than Adriana Ivancich.
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