If the police ever investigated Dickie's activities in Rome, perhaps long after Dickie had disappeared and become Tom Ripley again, this one Italian painter could be relied upon to say that he knew Dickie Greenleaf had been painting in Rome in January.
Poliziak inoiz Dickieren Erromako joan-etorriak ikertzen bazituen, agian Dickie aspaldi desagertua eta berriro Tom Ripley bihurtua zenean, italiar pintore hark ziurtatu ahal izango zuen Dickie urtarrilean Erroman zela pintatzen.