Elizabeth Von Arnim Quotes
There Was That In The Atmosphere Of San Salvatore Which Produced Active-mindedness In All Except The Natives. They, As Before, Whatever The Beauty Around Them, Whatever The Prodigal Seasons Did, Remained Immune From Thoughts Other Than Those They Were Accustomed To. All Their Lives They Had Seen, Year By Year, The Amazing Recurrent Spectacle Of April In The Gardens, And Custom Had Made It Invisible To Them. They Were As Blind To It, As Unconscious Of It, As Domenico's Dog Asleep In The Sun. The Visitors Could Not Be Blind To It - It Was Too Arresting After London In A Particularly Wet And Gloomy March. Suddenly To Be Transported To That Place Where The Air Was So Still That It Held Its Breath, Where The Light Was So Golden That The Most Ordinary Things Were Transfigured - To Be Transported Into That Delicate Warmth,
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