. The Sweet Briar Magazine. 100 THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE Gloria $ictt0. ENICE, the great enchantress of the seas,seemed this early summer day to possessmore than her usual glory. She stood inthe afternoon glow as though midway be-tween heaven and the deep blue handiwork of a magician had beenhers—this mystical city of wondrous palaces, carven arches,and fretted balconies reflected in each little ripple of thegreat canals. The noise of her city was not that of othercities, but rather the musical tinkle of the waves, as theybore upon their crest many a bright gondola filled withhappy m
. The Sweet Briar Magazine. 100 THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE Gloria $ictt0. ENICE, the great enchantress of the seas,seemed this early summer day to possessmore than her usual glory. She stood inthe afternoon glow as though midway be-tween heaven and the deep blue handiwork of a magician had beenhers—this mystical city of wondrous palaces, carven arches,and fretted balconies reflected in each little ripple of thegreat canals. The noise of her city was not that of othercities, but rather the musical tinkle of the waves, as theybore upon their crest many a bright gondola filled withhappy merry-makers. As the glow of the afternoon sun threw into radiance thiscity of enchanting phantasm, Signor Jacobo Cavallo slowlyplied his gondola past picturesque little shops, with theirgaudily colored booths, past quays where lazy Venetians,like children, sat laughing at everything and gossiping overthe happenings of the neighborhood, up the Riva to where thestately old palaces stood as splendid memorials of a by-goneage. Softly over the lagoon floated the sounds
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