The Marble Faun Chapter I - Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello

In which four companions—three artists and an Italian youth named Donatello—stand amid the august relics of Rome's ancient sculptural glory, their light-hearted discourse drawn to the uncanny resemblance between Donatello and the marble Faun of Praxiteles. The statue itself, exquisitely wrought with a blend of human warmth and animal grace, serves as a symbol of nature’s simple, unblemished spirit and the delicate boundary where humanity touches the sylvan wild.