As the sun climbed over the hilltop my heart grew heavy at the thought of parting with Athens. In a few hours I would be leaving her, perhaps forever. But Athens—Athens over whom I wept—slept on.


I came back to earth and went to Piræus in a very "earthy" electric tram—think of desecrating Athens with a trolley!

TURKEY

The cloud-capp'd towers,

The gorgeous palaces,

The solemn temples.

Shakspere, The Tempest,

Act IV, Scene 1, Line 153.

CONSTANTINOPLE: