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In the extree, perfectly plain ashed building stood on an open, grass-grown square

The side facing the north rested upon a solid substructure of hard blocks of hewn stone washed by the waves

This protecting wall extended along both sides of the long, plain edifice, and prevented the water froed to it

Archias, the owner of the largest weaving establishment in Tennis, the father of the Alexandrian aristocrat who had arrived the evening before, was the owner of the house, as well as of the broad plain on which he had had it built, with the indestructible sea wall, to serve as a storehouse to receive the supplies of linen, flax, and hich were manufactured in his factories

It was favourably situated for this purpose, for the raw ht the But as the factories were at a considerable distance, the transportation required much ti connecting the workshops with the water, and at its end erected a new storehouse, which rendered a second transportation of the ships' cargoes unnecessary

The white mansion had not yet been devoted to any other purpose when the owner determined to offer the spacious empty rooms of the ware house to his nephews, the sculptors Hermon and Myrtilus, for the production of torks hose coood fortune both for the young artists, ere his nephews and wards, and hi which now contained the studios and spacious living apartments for the sculptors and their slaves would also have afforded ahter and her attendants, but Daphne had learned froreeable vermin shared the former storehouse with thee open space which belonged it

True, the broad field was exposed to the burning sun, and its soil was covered only with sand and pitiably scorched turf, but three palm trees, a few sunt acacias, two carob trees, a s trees, and the superb, wide-branched sycae had won for it the proud nae in its favour had taken place, for Daphne's beautiful tent, alls and top of blue and white striped sail-cloth, and the shter aspect