The Flower Beneath the Foot

The Flower Beneath the Foot - Being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived

Neither her Gaudiness the Mistress of the Robes, or her Dreaminess the Queen were feeling quite themselves. In the Palace all was speculation. Would they be able to attend the Ftes in honour of King Jotifa, and Queen Thleeanouhee of the Land of Dates?Court opinion seemed largely divided. Countess Medusa Rappa, a woman easily disturbable, was prepared to wager what the Countess of Tolga liked (she knew), that another week would find the Court shivering beneath the vaulted domes of the Summer-Palace. Dr Cuncliffe Babcock flatly forbids it, the Royal woman declared, starting slightly at the sound of a gun: That must be the Dates! she said. And in effect, a vague reverberation, as of individuals cheering, resounded fitfully from afar. Give me my diamond anemones, the Queen commanded, and motioning to 11 her Maid: Pray conclude, mademoiselle, those lofty lines. It was a carved-ceiled, and rather lofty room, connected by tall glass doors with other rooms beyond. Peering into one of these the Countess could see reflected the throne, and a little piece of broken Chippendale brought from England, that served as a stand for a telephone, wrought in ormolu and rock-crystal, which the suns rays at present were causing to emit a thousand playful sparks. Tapestry panels depicting the Loves of Mejnoun and Leileh half concealed the silver boisries of the walls, while far down the room, across old rugs from Chirvan that were a marvellous wonder, showed fortuitous jardinires, filled with every flowering-kind of plant. Between the windows were canopied recesses, denuded of their statues by the Queens desire, in order that they might appear 13 suggestive, while through the windows themselves, the Countess could catch across the fore-court of the castle, a panorama of the town below, with the State Theatre and the Garrisons, and the Houses of Parliament, and the Hospital, and the low white dome, crowned by turquoise-tinted tiles of the Cathedral, which was known to all churchgoers as the Blue Jesus. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 59249
Author: Firbank, Ronald
Release Date: Apr 11, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: John, Augustus, 1878-1961 , Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957