The Marble Faun Chapter XLI - Snowdrops and Maidenly Delights

In which the sculptor Kenyon and the gentle Hilda share a quietly profound friendship amid the wintry stillness of Rome, their mingled affections and artistic sensibilities deepening in the silent company of beauty and memory. Meanwhile, as the chill of the season settles on the ancient city and the frost nips at old masterpieces, Kenyon contemplates the elusive spirit of his art—particularly a revealing bust of Donatello that seems to breathe with a mysterious, growing life of its own.