The Alhambra . r/z^f Couri of Myrtles. T^ of the tasteful traveller : it is almost sufficient to excuse the popular tradition, that the whole is protected by a magic charm. On one side of the court a rich portal opens into the Hall of 70 THE ALIIAMHRA ?^sb ?4T?*ii^ ?*^^^*#\ if Alhatnbra ffoni Mountaift of the Sun. the Abencerrages : so called from the gallant cavaliers of that illustrious line who were hereperfidiously massacred. Thereare some who doubt the wholestory, but our humble ciceroneMateo pointed out the verywicket of the portal throughwhich they were introducedone by one into the cou
The Alhambra . r/z^f Couri of Myrtles. T^ of the tasteful traveller : it is almost sufficient to excuse the popular tradition, that the whole is protected by a magic charm. On one side of the court a rich portal opens into the Hall of 70 THE ALIIAMHRA ?^sb ?4T?*ii^ ?*^^^*#\ if Alhatnbra ffoni Mountaift of the Sun. the Abencerrages : so called from the gallant cavaliers of that illustrious line who were hereperfidiously massacred. Thereare some who doubt the wholestory, but our humble ciceroneMateo pointed out the verywicket of the portal throughwhich they were introducedone by one into the court ofLions, and the white marblefountain in the centre of thehall beside which they werebeheaded. He showed us alsocertain broad ruddy stains onthe pavement, traces of their~^~ blood, which, according to popular belief, can never be effaced. Finding we listened to him apparently with easy faith, he. PALACE OF THE ALHA^IBRA 71 added, that there was often heard at night, in the court ofLions, a low confused sound, resembUng the murmuring of amultitude, and now and then a faint tinkling, like the distantclank of chains. These sounds were made by the spiritsof the murdered Abencerrages, who nightly haunt the scene
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