The Petrarca pulled into Roma Stazione Termini.
The weather had improved and Trotti was unreasonably surprised.
Having lived most of his life in the Po valley, he was unused to a Mediterranean climate. Admittedly, he had once spent two years in Bologna but there the weather was just as damp and cold as at home. A further three years had been spent in Bari where Trotti could recall no particularly mild climate - no doubt because while in the south, he had spent nearly all his time in dim offices.
("You always put your job before your family, Piero.")


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