"The church at Limburg shows a mixture of the round Romanesque and the pointed Gothic; Gothic was preparing; that sort of thing belongs to the first half of the thirteenth century. Well, that bespeaks very good taste. What next would you mention, Miss Dolly?"
"I don't know; I have enjoyed so many things. Perhaps I should say the Doge's palace at Venice."
"Ha! the Doge's palace, hey? You like the pink and white marble."
"Don't you, Mr. Thayer?"
"That's not what one looks for in architecture. What do you say to St. Peter's?"
"You will find a great deal of fault with me. I did not care for it."
"Not? It is Michael Angelo's work."
"But knowing the artist is no reason for admiring the work," said Dolly, smiling.
"You are very independent! St. Peter's! Not to admire St. Peter's!"
"I admired the magnificence, and the power, and a great many things; but I did not like the building. Not nearly so much as some others."