[Guisgard]

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“Si, hai ragione...” disse Elv a Gwen.
E si misero in cammino verso la cittadina.
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Era questa un posto apparentemente tranquillo ed ospitale, fatta eccezione per l'insopportabile nenia di tutti quei campanili che incessantemente scandivano ogni istante.
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Ed erano essi di svariati tipi.
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Alcuni molto semplici, altri articolati ed altri ancora mossi da congegni assai arditi.
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Qualcuno mostrava i numeri romani, qualcun altro quelli arabi.
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Vi erano persino grandi meridiane e imponenti clessidre volte a calcolare come un ossessione lo scorrere perenne del tempo.
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Ed attraverso una porta ubica i due innamorati fecero il loro ingresso in quella cittadina, che appariva disposta su più strade, arroccata nei suoi edifici ed adagiata sull'altura che dominava la baia d'accesso all'isola.