Chapter 19
Naumann and Will see Dorothea standing by the reclining Ariadne (then called Cleopatra) in the Vatican.
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Dorothea's disillusionment crystallizes in Rome, where the city's overwhelming ruins mirror the ruin of her marriage.
Chapter 20
Dorothea weeping in her boudoir; Rome as 'the stupendous fragmentariness' that oppresses her.
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