ere--Impressive ceremony--City of
Flowers--Without the walls--Famous river--Change of scene 458

CHAPTER XXXII.

OLD ACQUAINTANCES.

Port and harbour--Sunday and fresh air--In the market-place--De Nevada
protests--A curse of the country--In the days gone by--On the
breakwater--Invaded tramcar--De Nevada confirmed--Another crusade
needed--Plaza de Toros--In Sunday dress--Domestic interiors--When the
play was o'er--Bull-ring at night--Fitful dreams--Fever--Maitre d'hotel
prescribes--Magic effect--Depart for Saguntum--Before the days of
Rome--Primitive town--Days of the Greeks--Attacked by Hannibal--Rebuilt
by the Romans--Absent guardian--The hunchback--Reappears with
custodian--Doors open--Moorish fortress--Fathomless cisterns--Sad
procession--Weeping mourners--Key of Valencia--Miguella--Time heals all
wounds--Proposes coffee--Proud and pleased--Scenes that remain--In
Barcelona--Drawing to a close--Sorrow and regret--Many experiences--Our
Espluga friends--Loretta's gratitude--In the Calle de Fernando--A last
favour--Glories of Spain--Eastern benediction 481

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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INTERIOR OF ZARAGOZA CATHEDRAL _Frontispiece_

PEDRO 23

THE BOULEVARD: GERONA 31

ARCADES: GERONA 42

VIEW OF GERONA FROM THE STONE BRIDGE 43

BANKS OF THE ONAR: GERONA 47

APOSTLES' DOORWAY, CATHEDRAL: GERONA 51

A FRAGMENT OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF GERONA 59

STREETS IN GERONA 61, 101, 103, 123

ENTRANCE TO MILITARY CLOISTERS: GERONA 65

MILITARY CLOISTERS: GERONA 67

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT 69

CATHEDRAL CLOISTERS: GERONA 75, 109

INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL: GERONA 79

CLOISTERS OF SAN PEDRO: GERONA 81, 97

APOSTLES' DOORWAY AND BISHOP'S PALACE: GERONA 83

CHURCH OF SAN PEDRO: GERONA 85

DOORWAY OF SAN PEDRO: GERONA 89

DESECRATED CHURCH: GERONA 93

OUTSIDE THE WALLS: GERONA 95

OLD HOUSES ON THE RIVER: GERONA 119, 173

SAN FILIU, FROM WITHOUT THE WALLS: GERONA 163

A GERONA PATIO