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When it was all arranged to fit, and not to interrupt the lengthwise flow of movement in the frieze, the cartoons were tried in place.

The scaffolding, a confusion of heavy beams hanging from the gallery above, was strong and safe, but obscured visibility.

Nothing could be seen from the floor, but by moving around the gallery one could get glimpses ; ;

and we were able to decide on some amplification of scale.

To be sure of matching color as well as form, pieces of cartoon were traced on the roughcast, and large samples painted in fresco, then left two months to dry out to their final key.

Later it was gratifying to note that they had set so solidly as to be hard to remove when the time came.