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He had been to Amsterdam, Mr. Bankes was saying as he strolled across the lawn with Lily Briscoe. He had seen the Rembrandts. 77 He had been to Madrid. Unfortunately, it was Good Friday and the Prado 78 was shut. He
76 A line from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem, “To Jane – The Invitation” (1811).
77 Rembrandt van Rijn (1506-1669), Dutch Renaissance painter.
had been to Rome. Had Miss Briscoe never been to Rome? Oh, she should--It would be a wonderful experience for her--the Sistine
Chapel; Michael Angelo; 79 and Padua, with its Giottos 80. His wife had been in bad health for many years, so that their sight-seeing had been on a modest scale.
