It would be difficult to find a fairer scene.

Throughout the gardens lanterns of many shapes and devices threw their light down upon the paths, which were marked out by lines of little lamps suspended on wires a foot above the ground.

In a treble row they encircled a large tank or pond and studded a little island in its center.

Along the terraces were festoons and arches of innumerable lamps, while behind was the Palace or Castle, for it was called either; the Oriental doors and windows and the tracery of its walls lit up below by the soft light, while the outline of the upper part could scarce be made out.

Eastern as the scene was, the actors were for the most part English.