The Alhambra . Court of Lions. Alhambra poor ; but at the end of a year went off to Malaga,bought houses, set up a carriage, and still lives there, oneof the richest as well as oldest men of the place; all which,Mateo sagely surmised, was in consequence of his finding outthe golden secret of these phantom Moors. 74 THE ALHAMBRA I now perceived 1 had made an invaluable acquaintance inthis son of the Alhambra, one who knew all the apocryphalhistory of the place and firmly believed in it, and whosememory was stuffed with a kind of knowledge for which Ihave a lurking fancy, but which is too apt to
The Alhambra . Court of Lions. Alhambra poor ; but at the end of a year went off to Malaga,bought houses, set up a carriage, and still lives there, oneof the richest as well as oldest men of the place; all which,Mateo sagely surmised, was in consequence of his finding outthe golden secret of these phantom Moors. 74 THE ALHAMBRA I now perceived 1 had made an invaluable acquaintance inthis son of the Alhambra, one who knew all the apocryphalhistory of the place and firmly believed in it, and whosememory was stuffed with a kind of knowledge for which Ihave a lurking fancy, but which is too apt to be consideredrubbish by less indulgent philosophers. I determined tocultivate the acquaintance of this learned Theban. Immediately opposite the hall of the Abencerrages, a. Fountain of A bcncerragcs. portal, richly adorned, leads into a hall of less tragical asso-ciations. It is light and lofty, exquisitely graceful in its archi-tecture, paved with white marble, and bears the suggestive nameof the Hall of the Two Sisters. Some destroy the romanceof the name by attributing it to two enormous slabs of ala-baster which lie side by side, and form a great part of thepavement: an opinion strongly supported by Mateo are disposed to give the name a more poetical PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA
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