A little reed table showed slender pipes above its surface and these, at a touch from the boy, sent to a great height tiny columns of water that tinkled back to the square of metal upon which the table was set.

A huge fan of blanched grasses automatically swayed from above.

On a side-table were decanters and cups and platters of a material frail and transparent.

Before the shuttered window stood an observable plant with coloured leaves.

On a great table in the room's centre were scattered objects which confused the eye.