Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 340
riders, fled south of the Alps, andreappeared in the queer fauna of Italian grottoes and inthe leering dwarfs and satyrs of the garden-walk. From the yew-tree terrace at Cattajo an arcadedloggia gives access to the interior of the castle, which isa bewilderment of low-storied passageways and… … VILLAS OF VENETIA with seventeenth-century frescoes and opening on abalustraded terrace guarded by marble divinities; or,taking another turn, one finds ones self in a shamGothic chapel or in a mediaeval chemin de ronde on thecrenelated walls. This fantastic medley of styles, inconjunction with the…
