magnifying-glass the alleged blood stains in the pavement or

measuring the columns with tapes; would-be vandals are striving to escape the watchful vigilance of the impassive guards. So you see the Spirit of Romance must, during the show hours of the day, retire to some mysterious and seldom opened chamber to sally forth at night when pale moonbeams are the only visitors, or in early morning when the first soft glow of sunrise steals through the marble forests of slender graceful pillars in the deserted courts.

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ARABESQUES Photograph by Harlow D. Higinbotham