Rambles in sunny Spain . ood and across a meadow to a point of rockwhich commanded the slope on which the Escorial was built, and thestern mountains beyond. This was the silla del rey (the seat of theking), where Philip came and sat at intervals to watch the progressof the great work. A little boy piloted us thither, and pointed outthe hollowed seat in the granite and the groove beside it, in whichthe queen, Philips wife, used to place her fan. The sun went down as we sat there and gazed upon the greatgranite mass with its gloomy surroundings, and the shadows stretchedacross the valley before
Rambles in sunny Spain . ood and across a meadow to a point of rockwhich commanded the slope on which the Escorial was built, and thestern mountains beyond. This was the silla del rey (the seat of theking), where Philip came and sat at intervals to watch the progressof the great work. A little boy piloted us thither, and pointed outthe hollowed seat in the granite and the groove beside it, in whichthe queen, Philips wife, used to place her fan. The sun went down as we sat there and gazed upon the greatgranite mass with its gloomy surroundings, and the shadows stretchedacross the valley before we descended. Calm and peace pervadedthe scene as we walked across the meadows in the dark and silence,broken only by the tinkle of sheep-bells and cow-bells, and the songof a bird. Two white-robed girls were breaking down boughs of haw-thorn as we crossed the meadow, and one of them looked up brightlyas we passed; but she spoke not, and we kept our way on into theforest gloom, and thence past the gardens to the
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