FORE:Further on, in the temple stables, open to the sky and surrounded by a colonnade of carved and painted pillars, some women, in silken sarees of dark hues, were waiting on the bulls and the tiny zebu cows, feeding them with the flower offerings strewn on the mosaic pavement of the courtyard.[Pg 119]
FORE:The sarcophagus rests in the depths of a vaulted crypt lighted only by narrow latticed loopholes, and it is shrouded in a mysterious glimmer, a mingling of golden sunbeams and the reflections from the marble walls inlaid with precious stones.After an hour's passage we reached the island, which is thickly planted with fine large trees.
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THREE:And the figures go down after long discussions, till at last the question as to whether I know the worth of pashmina begins all over againendless.
THREE:[Pg 60]
