human
Its most admirable quality, to my mind, is that it's here, Mr. Illingsworth remarked, after Julian's
gpt
human
Generally, when there is a noble view, one has to go noble miles to see it; one has to be out all day, and eat hard-boiled eggs on the grass. You can't think how I loathe hard-boiled eggs! Or else one has to sleep in some impossible place, and be routed out at dawn. _Can_ any one admire anything at dawn?
gpt
There isn't much dawn in this, answered Daniel Ashcraft.
human
Up to noon the view's all mist, and at noon everything looks too near. It doesn't amount to much before four o'clock, and only shows out all its points as the sun goes down.
gpt
And have you discovered that, Mr. Ashcraft, on your third day in Florence? demanded Illingsworth, with admiration.
human
But it's only another instance of the quick intelligence of your wonderful nation. Now I have lived in the town for twenty-five years, and have never noticed that this Carrara view was an afternoon affair. Yet so it is--so it is!
gpt
Oh yes--our quick intelligence. It makes us feel as though we were being exhibited. Sixpence a head.