| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 17 | 398 | "You View more quotes about noted">noted, of course, that the palanquin was roofed, or canopied, and that the roof or canopy was supported by four poles". |
| 17 | 399 | "Of course," he said, warily. |
| 17 | 400 | "Those poles are hollow," I said, "and within them there are cords and weights". |
| 17 | 401 | "Continue," said he. |
| 17 | 402 | "The cords," I said, "are attached at one end to the weights within the poles and, at the other end, to the corners of a flat pallet at the bottom of palanquin, on which the girl reclines. |
| 17 | 403 | When the curtains of the palanquin are drawn, as they were, you remember, the weights are disengaged by the bearers. |
| 17 | 404 | These weights, the four of them, collectively, are much heavier than the pallet and the girl, whom, you will remember was slim and light. |