Burgoyne tries to calm her husband that night, telling him "even nice girls are human," but the next morning, Burgoyne fires Giorgio. On Monday, Burgoyne questions Maria about Anita's weekend with Giorgio, and although she maintains that Anita did nothing wrong, Maria tells Burgoyne that Anita is not really engaged, and Burgoyne assumes that she is having an illicit affair with Giorgio. Anita then climbs into the brake-less truck and is almost killed, and after Giorgio rescues her, the breathless couple gives into their attraction and kisses. On Giorgio's family farm, Giorgio tells Anita that he hopes to become a lawyer, despite his poverty. Back at the apartment, Dino calls for Maria and asks if she will accompany him to Venice, and Maria, who desires to see Venice but not lose Dino's respect, arranges for Frances to chaperon them. On their way out of town, they are spotted by Burgoyne and his wife, who are suspicious about their being together. Anita reluctantly agrees, although she will be breaking agency rules, and the next morning, Giorgio picks her up in his cousin's dilapidated truck. As they are walking, the women are pestered by several men and are rescued from their pursuers by Giorgio, who then asks Anita to go with him the next day to his family's country farm to attend a celebration. Anita explains that wealthy Italian men are not interested in mere secretaries, and that the men who are interested in them are too poor to marry. Dino charms Maria and tells her to ignore the bad things she has heard about him, and later, as Anita and Maria walk home, Anita admits that she has no fiance but hopes to have a better chance of finding a husband in America. At a party that evening, Maria is dazzled by the handsome Prince Dino di Cessi, despite Frances and Anita's warning that he is a notorious womanizer, whose girl friends become known as "Venice girls" after he takes them to Venice for romantic rendezvouses. Anita also introduces Maria to Giorgio Bianchi, a translator, and although Maria senses that Anita and Giorgio are attracted to one another, Anita states that the agency forbids its American and Italian employees to fraternize. While Frances then goes to Shadwell's lavish villa, Anita takes Maria to the agency and introduces her to their boss, Mr. Maria wishes to remain in Rome for a year, while Frances wishes for another year of contentment. Frances and Anita relate the legend that if Maria throws a coin in the fountain and makes a wish to return to Rome, she will. The three women then drive into town and along the way, stop at the famous Trevi Fountain. She is greeted by Anita Hutchins, who she is replacing at the agency, and taken to the villa Anita shares with Miss Frances, the longtime secretary of noted American expatriate author John Frederick Shadwell. In the early 1950s, young American secretary Maria Williams arrives in Rome to work at the U.S.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
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