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FROM the princes' apartments a narrow
passage, black as night, connected the Hall
of the Double-axes with an important suite of
apartments south, which Dr. Evans has assigned
to the ladies of the Royal Household. He calls
this the Dog's Leg Corridor because of its crooked-
ness, and remarks that "this double turn greatly
enhanced the privacy of the room beyond."
Again he thinks that it can be shown that access
to this chamber from out-of-doors was " controlled
by a strict system of guardianship and surveil-
lance."
Whether there be truth or no in such conjec-
tures, it is certain that the room approached by
these dark tortuous ways was one of special beauty
and charm. The plan is exceedingly simple, a
long narrow chamber of two parts, separated by
a raised stylobate, supporting narrow pillars with
a stone bench on either side. Each part of the
chamber had its light-well, one south and one east.
The benches were of comfortable height and
depth, and their " moulded stucco surface " was
doubtless covered with cushions. Here ladies
could sit conversing, perhaps also executing the
lovely embroideries we know they wore. That
FROM the princes' apartments a narrow
passage, black as night, connected the Hall
of the Double-axes with an important suite of
apartments south, which Dr. Evans has assigned
to the ladies of the Royal Household. He calls
this the Dog's Leg Corridor because of its crooked-
ness, and remarks that "this double turn greatly
enhanced the privacy of the room beyond."
Again he thinks that it can be shown that access
to this chamber from out-of-doors was " controlled
by a strict system of guardianship and surveil-
lance."
Whether there be truth or no in such conjec-
tures, it is certain that the room approached by
these dark tortuous ways was one of special beauty
and charm. The plan is exceedingly simple, a
long narrow chamber of two parts, separated by
a raised stylobate, supporting narrow pillars with
a stone bench on either side. Each part of the
chamber had its light-well, one south and one east.
The benches were of comfortable height and
depth, and their " moulded stucco surface " was
doubtless covered with cushions. Here ladies
could sit conversing, perhaps also executing the
lovely embroideries we know they wore. That