Excerpt from The Dead City

A large and luminous room, opening on a pillared loggia facing the ancient city of the Pelopidae. The loggia is raised from the level of the room by five stone steps arranged in the form of a truncated pyramid, as before the vestibule of a temple. Two Doric columns support the architrave. In the distance is seen the Acropolis with its venerable Cyclopean walls, broken by the Gate of the Lions. On each side of the room are doorways leading to the inner rooms and the stairs. A large table is covered with papers, books, statuettes, and vases.

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