House Garden 
SEATS 
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VILLA BORGHESE 
matter that it is in our day a country inn, 
where farmers from the Campagna stop to 
refresh themselves after hours on dusty roads, 
and to rest their oxen under the shade of the 
trees, before finishing the last two miles to the 
Porta Cavalleggieri ? What matter that it is 
a place for a pleasant outing for Roman lads 
and maids of a summer evening ; that the 
flower beds and borders have disappeared 
from the garden ; that the big square basin in 
the center is now used as a place in which to 
wash the inn’s linen ; that chickens and pigs 
run over the steps and drink from the foun¬ 
tain ; or that the terraced walls are in ruins ? 
for so much is left that one can see “ almost 
all.” 
The simple plan is clear; and in spite of 
the disappearance of many features, there is 
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