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Part 2 opens six months later, when Winterbourne is planning to visit his aunt in Rome. She writes to him that the Millers are there and have been causing a stir with their tacky behavior, especially the way that Daisy flirts with and spends time with local Italian men.
When he arrives in Rome, he doesn’t search for Daisy right away because he is a little annoyed that she has been so occupied with other men. He eventually runs into her spontaneously when he is visiting another American woman he knows from Geneva. The Millers come to visit at the same time and Winterbourne speaks with them. Mrs. Miller tells him that Italy has not lived up to their expectations; she and Randolph both insist that Schenectady is better. Daisy, however, has been enjoying herself because she has met so many friendly Italian men.
Daisy asks Mrs. Walker if she can bring a man whom she calls an “intimate friend,” Mr. Giovanelli, to her party that is coming up. Mrs. Walker agrees but is disturbed to find that Mrs. Miller has not even met this man. Daisy announces that she is going for a walk with Mr.
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