... magnificent Like the carpet and the lining of the chamber, the dais, the baldaquin, the bed, the stool, the curtains, the mantelpiece, the coverings of the table, the sofas, the chairs, were ... the branches of candles failed to light it up Here and there curtains over doors, falling and swaying, indicated communications with other rooms The style of the room was altogether that of the ... And in the centre of this lordly ceiling, like a gloomy and magnificent sky, the gleaming escutcheon was as the dark splendour of a sun shining in the night The savage, in whom is embodied the free...