I shouldn't want them to come to life, I like them just as they are.

If they moved or spoke the charm would be broken.
Why don't you spend hours every day in this wonderful place ?" "My dear boy, I haven't such an imagination as you have," answered St Aubyn, laughing.

"But as a mere artist, of course I appreciate them as much as anyone, just as I appreciate statuary or pictures.

And I prize them for their historical value too." Austin made no reply.

He began to look abstracted, as though listening to something else.