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Updated: October 5, 2026
The palace itself is a tawdry, gimcrack-looking edifice, all looking-glass and vermilion and green paint in the worst possible taste. From the entrance-hall an arched doorway leads into the principal apartment, a lofty chamber about ninety feet long by fifty broad, its walls covered with large paintings representing the acts of the various Persian kings.
All were agreed that never had a more beautiful kite appeared. "All very well," cried Dawson, who was expecting Blackall's kite to come forth, "but it is a question with me whether such a gimcrack-looking affair will fly." Blackall had meantime been busily employed in unpacking his kite, which was to create so much astonishment, and do such mighty things.