{"product_id":"2940013744431","title":"The Fountain","description":"SCENE I:  Courtyard of the house of Ibnu Aswad, Granada, Spain--the\u003cbr\u003enight of the Moorish capitulation, 1492.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE II:  Columbus's flagship on the last day of his second\u003cbr\u003evoyage, 1493.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE III:  Courtyard of the Government House, Porto Rico, an\u003cbr\u003eafternoon twenty years or more later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE IV:  Cabinet of Bishop Menendez in the Government House--an\u003cbr\u003eevening three months later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE V:  A prisoner's cell in the Government House--the same time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE VI:  Same as Scene Three--immediately follows Scene Five.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE VII:  A strip of beach on the Florida coast--a night four\u003cbr\u003emonths later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE VIII:  The same--noon the following day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE IX:  A clearing in the forest--that night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE X:  The same, some hours later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE XI:  Courtyard of a Dominican monastery in Cuba--several\u003cbr\u003emonths later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOUNTAIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCENE--Courtyard of Ibnu Aswad's palace in Granada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe section forms a right triangle, its apex at the rear, right.\u003cbr\u003eIn the left, center, a massive porte-cochère opens on the street.\u003cbr\u003eOn the right, a door leading into the house itself.  In the center\u003cbr\u003eof the courtyard, a large splendid fountain of green marble with\u003cbr\u003ehuman and animal figures in gilt bronze.  The peristyle of the\u003cbr\u003egallery running around the court is supported by slender columns of\u003cbr\u003epolished marble, partly gilded.  The interspaces above the\u003cbr\u003ehorseshoe arches springing from the columns are filled with\u003cbr\u003earabesques, texts from the Koran, red, blue and gold in color.\u003cbr\u003eAbove are the latticed windows of the women's apartments.  Over the\u003cbr\u003ehouse-top a sky with stars can be seen.  It is early night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the curtain rises, the court is empty and there is silence\u003cbr\u003eexcept for the splash of the fountain.  Then a loud, imperious\u003cbr\u003eknocking, as of someone pounding with the hilt of a sword, is heard\u003cbr\u003efrom the porte-cochère.  Ibnu Aswad enters from the right.  He is\u003cbr\u003ean elderly, noble-looking Moor, the lower part of his face covered\u003cbr\u003eby a long, white beard.  His expression is one of great pride borne\u003cbr\u003edown by sorrow and humiliation.  He goes out through the porte-\u003cbr\u003ecochère, and returns ushering in Juan Ponce de Leon and his\u003cbr\u003eservant, Pedro.  Juan is a tall, handsome Spanish noble of thirty-\u003cbr\u003eone, dressed in full uniform.  His countenance is haughty, full of\u003cbr\u003ea romantic adventurousness and courage; yet he gives the impression\u003cbr\u003eof disciplined ability, of a confident self-mastery--a romantic\u003cbr\u003edreamer governed by the ambitious thinker in him.  Pedro is a dull-\u003cbr\u003elooking young fellow.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165392060656,"sku":"2940013744431","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013744431_p0.jpg?v=1763598263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013744431","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}