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Chapter 39

           SoonIsawabandofpriestsinbrilliantrobesthatliterallyblazedwithsun-likegemstheyweremovingtowardstheriver,andwiththemcameyoungboysandlittlechildren,whileoneitherside,maidenswhite-veiledandrose-wreathed,paceddemurely,swingingsilvercenserstoandfro.AfterthepriestlyprocessionwalkedaregalfigurebetweenranksofslavesandattendantsIknewitfortheKingofthis‘CityBeautiful,’andwasalmostmovedtojoininthethunderingacclamationswhichgreetedhisprogress.Andthatsnowypalanquin,carriedbylily-crownedgirls,thatfollowedhistrainwhooccupiedit?...whatgemofhislandwasthustenderlyenshrined?IwasconsumedbyanextraordinarylongingtoknowthisIwatchedthewhiteburdencomingnearertomypointofvantageIsawthepriestsarrangethemselvesinasemi-circleontheriver-embankment,theKingintheirmidst,andthesurgingshoutingmultitudearoundthencamethebrazenclangourofmanybells,intermixedwiththerollingofdrumsandtheshrillingsoundofreed-pipeslightlyblownuponand,amidtheblazeoftheflaringtorches,theWhitePalanquinwassetdownupontheground.Awoman,cladinsomesilveryglisteningtissue,steppedforthfromitlikeasylphfromthefoamofthesea,but——shewasveiledIcouldnotdiscernsomuchastheoutlineofherfeaturesandthekeendisappointmentofthiswasapositivetorturetome.

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