Old Court Life in Spain, vol. 2/2

BY FRANCES ELLIOT AUTHOR OF “OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED ——— VOLUME II. ——— G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press
The Knickerbocker Press, New York



Old Court Life in Spain
HE time is early summer; the sky an unbroken sphere of blue, as deep and smooth as a turquoise, canopying the blanched domes and pinnacles of the cathedral and illuminating with ineffable splendour the elegant galleries of the Giralda tower. No shade anywhere, on plaza, patio , or river bank; nothing but a blazing sun, making golden motes; the thinly leaved palms scarcely leaving a reflection on the hot earth.