It cost the upholsterer some little pains, for the supply of these things is a strictly limited one.

Curiously enough, the Chinese Emperor had given a large order for narwhals' horns to repair some ancient pagoda, which was fenced in with them, but I outbid him in the market, and his celestial highness has had to wait.

There is a lift here in the corner, but we do not need it.

Pray step through this door.

This is the billiard-room," he continued as they advanced into the adjoining room.