human
Palms would grow at Mentone, or at any other sheltered spot on this coast, said the Professor, at last abandoning the obstinate quotation, and coming back to the present.
gpt
But the cultivation is not remunerative save at Bordighera, where they own the monopoly of supplying the palm branches used on Palm-Sunday at Rome.
human
Excuse me, said Inness;
gpt
A monkish legend,
human
In those days everything was monkish, replied Inness;
gpt
Ah, yes! said Miss Elaine, fervently.
human
Do tell us the legend, Mr. Inness. I adore legends, especially if ecclesiastical.
gpt
Well, said Inness,
human
concluded Inness,
gpt
I hope not immediately,
human
Let me give you a glimpse of a lovely garden, he said. We looked up, and there it was on the cliff above us, like the hanging gardens of Babylon, green terraces clothing the bare gray rock with beautiful verdure. Margaret left the phaeton and went up the winding path with us, Mrs. Trescott and Mrs. Clary remaining below. The gate of the garden, which bore the inscription
gpt
Salvete Amici, opened upon a long columned walk; from pillar to pillar over our heads ran climbing vines, and on each side were ranks of rare and curious plants, the lovely wild flowers of the country having their place also among the costlier blossoms.
human
Before you go farther turn and look at the tower, said Verney.
gpt
It has been made habitable within, but otherwise it is unchanged. It was built either as a lookout in which to keep watch for the Saracens, or else by the Saracens themselves when they held the coast.
human
By the Sarrasins themselves, of course--always with two r's, said Janet.
gpt
Think of it--a Sarrasin tower! I would rather own it than anything else in the whole world.
human
Do with it? repeated Janet.
gpt
Live in it, of course. I have always had the greatest desire to live in a tower; even light-houses tempt me.
human
I shall tell Dr. Bennet, said Verney, laughing.
gpt
This is his garden, you know.