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| 2 | 1219 | View more quotes about beneath">Beneath the final hem of the innermost robe I saw the toes of golden slippers, jeweled, and scarlet-threaded, sparkling in the torchlight. |
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| 2 | 1216 | I was startled, discerning the volume and splendor of her robes; they were multicolored and brilliant in their sheens and chromatic textures, and so draped and worn that, particularly at the hem, the diverse borders of these various garments seemed to compete with one another to win the observer's accolade as the finest, the most resplendent, of all. |
| 2 | 1217 | About the robes and over the hood and veils of the garmenting were slung medallions and necklaces of wrought gold, pendant with gems. |
| 2 | 1218 | On her hands were white gloves, fastened with hooks of gold. |
| 2 | 1219 | Beneath the final hem of the innermost robe I saw the toes of golden slippers, jeweled, and scarlet-threaded, sparkling in the torchlight. |
| 2 | 1220 | Only in a barbarian world, I thought, could raiment dare be so lavish, so gorgeous, so rich. |
| 2 | 1221 | Then the palanquin had passed, and more torches, and men. |
| 2 | 1222 | The second palanquin was preciously freighted with chests and boxes, colorful and bound with brass and chains. |