«Would you know anything then» asks Chiara «about the painting on the facing wall?»
«Not yet: I have to follow the whole path of the audio-guide.»
«Ok, if you don’t mind we’ll wait for you on the other side.»
We get away from “our guide” for the moment, going to the opposite wall, under the painting corresponding to the one we just examined: it represents Jesus with other people.
«See up there» I point my finger at a city on the background of the painting. «That one doesn’t seem a Galilean city.»
«There’s the sea and the buildings look more Italian.»
«And which famous Italian city is surrounded by the sea?» I ask, knowing the answer already.
«I know that: Venice» she says proudly.
«Of course, Venice, where Julian’s body was preserved in Saint Mark’s cathedral.»
Chiara seems to be
