In the background there were silver balustrades surrounding a carpet strewn with painted flowers.

At last he came to the hanging bed beside an ebony stool serving to get into it.
But the light ceased at the edge;--and the shadow, like a great curtain, revealed only a corner of the red mattress with the extremity of a little naked foot lying upon its ankle.

Then Matho took up the lamp very gently.
She was sleeping with her cheek in one hand and with the other arm extended.

Her ringlets were spread about her in such abundance that she appeared to be lying on black feathers, and her ample white tunic wound in soft draperies to her feet following the curves of her person.

Her eyes were just visible beneath her half-closed eyelids.