human
I LIKE this, grandfather. I think I like it better than anything I have seen. In the sunlight the cathedral is too dazzling and white, and the eye does not seem to find any rest; but in the moonlight it is perfectly lovely. And then the music of that Austrian band is just right from here; it is not too loud, and yet we can hear every note. Somehow, I always like better not to see the players, but just to have the benefit of the music as we do now, and to sit taking it in, and looking at that glorious cathedral, all silver and black, in the moonlight. It is glorious! Harry murmured,
gpt
I could not have believed there was anything so lovely.
human
Yes, yes, Captain Bayley said absently,
gpt
I am not talking of the ices, grandfather, though no doubt they are good. I am talking about the cathedral.
human
Are you, my boy? Captain Bayley said, rousing himself.
gpt
Yes, there are cathedrals which beat Milan when seen in broad daylight, but in the moonlight there is no building in the world to compare with it, unless it be the Taj Mahal at Agra. Of course they differ wholly and entirely in style, and no comparison can be made between them; the only resemblance is that both are built of white marble; but of the two, I own that I prefer the Taj.
human
I am afraid I shall never see that, Alice Hardy said,
gpt
A month, my dear! Captain Bayley exclaimed, in consternation,
human
Well, perhaps we will let you go on Friday, but we shall have to dawdle about the lakes for some time. We can't rush through them as we have been rushing through all these grand old Italian towns. We must have a long rest there, you know.
gpt
Yes, I suppose so, the old officer said reluctantly;