The Marble Faun Chapter XXXVII - The Emptiness of Picture Galleries

In which a young artist named Hilda descends from her lofty sanctuary to wander the vast galleries of Rome’s great palaces, finding her former fervour for the old masters diminished by a chill of spirit and growing weariness. She wrestles with a deepening sense of disillusionment and exile, haunted by memories of her native land and yearning for solace amid the splendid but cold magnificence that surrounds her.