DELICIA - DELIGHT -
Four gilded dragons clung to the underside of the lamp, and below them hung a smaller glass water lily.
The recesses at the north and south ends of the room were canopied by convex curves of imitation bamboo, bound by ribbons, and contained the four four doorways of the apartment, each one of which was set under a canopy of crimson and gold, embellished with bells and dragons. These canopies were held up by gilt columns, entwined by yet more dragons. The walls were hung with twelve views of the neighborhood of Pekin, executed in bright yellow on a crimson background, and set in frames enwreathed by dragons. Still more dragons writhed above the window draperies, which were of blue and crimson
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