Summary

In Chapter 27, Mamah is in Florence with Frank. Frank has his studio downstairs, and Mamah has taken over one of the two gardens for her work. She and Frank take time out to tour gardens in the area. Lloyd has returned home. Taylor Woolley is still with Frank. Mamah finds him a fit companion for her walk in the hills.

Frank tells her that he wants to build a house for them in Wisconsin. He has written to his mother about buying the land for it. It is near his family’s homes in Wisconsin. Mamah says that there is no place for her back there right now not even in Wisconsin. She wants him to design a house for them in Italy. She no longer has a home. She is anonymous in Italy.

In Chapter 28, Mamah goes to Frank’s...