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    1. But the principal relic of faded grandeur was the ample oval of the shield-like stern-piece, intricately carved with the arms of Castile and Leon, medallioned about by groups of mythological or symbolical devices; uppermost and central of which was a dark satyr in a mask, holding his foot on the prostrate neck of a writhing figure, likewise masked.

      Refer to pg. 102--use of said mythological or symbolical devices are key to the crux of the story in addressing the "unmasking" of the primary characters and the motives that have been subjected by the reader and their true underlying motives.