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Moray led us quickly along the path, and in a few minutes the hedges opened and revealed a small flower garden. On either side of the widened gravel path were the long, narrow beds, and in front of us was an open area. On the opposite side was a mirror image of where we had entered, and the left and right showed the same. Travelers on all four paths that led to the fountain were forced to walk beneath a wide arch made of the hedges, and the columns of the arches connected with the hedge walls to hide the very corners of the center area. In the very center of the four points was a circular flower bed filled with snow-covered rose bushes arranged around a raised, empty fountain. In the center of the fountain was a wolf statue as large as I. It sat atop a pedestal with its head leane
