“No.”
“They are worth looking at.”
Cæsar contemplated the central obelisk. It is set on top of a rock hollowed out like a cavern, in the mouth of which a lion is seen. Afterwards they looked at the fountains at the ends of the square.
“The sculptures are by Bernini,” explained Kennedy. “Bernini belonged to an epoch that has been very much abused by the critics, but nowadays he is much praised. He enchants me.”
“It is rather a mixed style, don’t you think?”
“Yes.”
“The artist is not living?”
“For heaven’s sake, man! No.”
“Well, if he were alive today they would employ him to make those gewgaws some people present to leading ladies and to the deputies of their district. He would be the king of the manufacturers of ornate barometers.”
“It is undeniable that Bernini had a baroque taste.”