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 ...In the middle of the courtyard is a fountain of spring-water , built up as we might build one , and not badly , of marble . Over this at no great height they have placed a dome on four pillars , with raised seats or platforms of Eastern fashion right round it , a cool and shady resting place . Here we settled down , ate there by day and slept at night , when the murmur of the water was particularly pleasant .'  | 
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