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Slave girls entered noiselessly The hanging lahted A

tabouret was set before her There were quail and roast kid, fruits

and fragrant tea She was not hungry, but she ate

Within a dozen yards of her sat her father, stolidlyhis

chupatties, because he knew that now he must live

One of the chief characteristics of the East Indian is extravagance

To outvie one another in celebrations of births, weddings, deaths and

coronations they beggar themselves In this the Oriental and the

Occidental have one thing in common This principality was small, but

there was a deal of wealth in it because of its eht out princes and princelings from

east, south and west, and even three or four wild-eyed aovernave it scant attention for the simple fact that it had not

been invited to attend Still, it watched the performance covertly

Usually durbars took months of preparation; this one had been called

into existence within ten days

Elephants and caold and cloth of jewels; color, confusion,noises, and

more color There was very little se, and so on down The wailing of reeds and the , elusive, lowa droning chant; a thousand

streaht,