The ordinary lights in the room were not lit, but there were a lot of powerful electric lamps, fifty candle-power at least, arranged on one side of the room.

The little bloodstone table on which the heptagonal coffer stands was drawn to the centre of the room.

The coffer looked exquisite in the glare of light which shone on it.

It actually seemed to glow as if lit in some way from within.
"'What do you think of it ?' he asked.
"'It is like a jewel,' I answered.

'You may well call it the 'sorcerer's Magic Coffer', if it often looks like that.