As soon as dawn broke, we closed all the stuffy shutters of our old house and lit two heavily scented candles, which cast a faint and feeble light.
\nWith the help of these candles we indulged in revelries, reading, writing or chatting, until the wall clock alerted us to the coming of true darkness.\u00a0Then we would go out into the streets arm in arm, continuing the conversation on the subjects we had taken up, or wandering hither and thither late into the night, seeking in the lights and shadows of the populous state for that immense mental stimulation which quiet survey brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As soon as dawn broke, we closed all the stuffy shutters of our old house and lit two heavily scented candles, which cast a faint and feeble light.
\nWith the help of these candles we indulged in revelries, reading, writing or chatting, until the wall clock alerted us to the coming of true darkness.\u00a0Then we would go out into the streets arm in arm, continuing the conversation on the subjects we had taken up, or wandering hither and thither late into the night, seeking in the lights and shadows of the populous state for that immense mental stimulation which quiet survey brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2196,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[456],"product_tag":[],"authors":[402],"translators":[427],"class_list":{"0":"post-2598","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-foreign-literature","7":"authors-poe-edgar-allan","8":"translators-politis-kosmas-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n