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Red Eve

CHAPTER XII
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In the centre of this band upon the forehead glowed a stone like a ruby.
Such was the head-dress.

The broad shoulders beneath were covered with a cape of long and glossy fur blacker than coal, on to either shoulder of which drooped ear-rings made of rings of green stone which afterward Hugh came to know was jade.

The cape of fur, which hung down to the knees and was set over a kind of surplice of yellow silk, was open in front, revealing its wearer's naked bosom that was clothed only with row upon row of round gems of the size of a hazel nut.

These like the fur were black, but shone with a strange and lustrous sheen.

The man's thick arms were naked, but on his hands he wore white leather gloves made without division like a sock, as though to match the white sandals on his feet.
This was the Man's attire.


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