The Time Travelers, volume 2 (2012)
“A shift of fine linen hung straight from shoulder to ankle. Over that was placed an entire dress of linked beads, gold and blue and a rich dark red, laced into a thousand one-inch squares. When she moved, the beads rearranged themselves in a chorus of clicks.
Renifer’s servant painted Annie’s eyes far into her hairline, and into her hair worked a garland of shiny green leaves and bright flowers. On her feet were placed gold sandals, which glowed as if they contained the sun and eternity itself.... Annie had never seen workmanship so beautiful, so impossible.
Of course, she might as well have been wearing lead slabs. She did not see how she was going to walk, but it turned out that walking didn’t matter. She and Renifer were lifted like dolls into a double sedan chair, placed gently on soft pillows and carried on the shoulders of men whose muscles bulged as they strained.
The streets of Memphis were quiet. It was very late. Most torches had been put out; most music had ended; most people slept.MoreLess
Renifer’s servant painted Annie’s eyes far into her hairline, and into her hair worked a garland of shiny green leaves and bright flowers. On her feet were placed gold sandals, which glowed as if they contained the sun and eternity itself.... Annie had never seen workmanship so beautiful, so impossible.
Of course, she might as well have been wearing lead slabs. She did not see how she was going to walk, but it turned out that walking didn’t matter. She and Renifer were lifted like dolls into a double sedan chair, placed gently on soft pillows and carried on the shoulders of men whose muscles bulged as they strained.
The streets of Memphis were quiet. It was very late. Most torches had been put out; most music had ended; most people slept.MoreLess
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