I think this was the seventeenth time our estimable tourist guide had repeated this phrase, or something very like it. It all blurred after a while. We had chosen to hire a guide that morning for a tour of the sights of Agra. The Taj was the final attraction of our day tour, and so we enjoyed the golden rays on the marble of Agra's most famous building. Back in 1990 there were no regular evening visits (except on nights of the full moon).