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72 THE DURBAR
vermilion covered with chain armour, the ver-
milion breaking through here and there. On his
head was a gold covering; his gray beard was
combed from his chin upwards, and swept away on
either side. The horse was almost as magnificent
as the rider: it had cobalt-blue reins, vermilion
and emerald-green checked saddle-cloth, with old-
rose tassels, and a blaze of silver and gold every-
where. This creature stood just like a statue.
He never moved. There he was in the brilliant
sun, a picture waiting for me. I made a sketch
of him.
To describe the scene as a whole would be
impossible. All one can do is to give little peeps
of the different groups we saw about the grounds.
Suddenly we would run right into a gold-and-
silver cart, a blaze of colour, a harmony in red,
gold, and old-rose. The cart was of gold plush
fringed with green-gold, and bearing a wealth of
old-rose tassels. The oxen were draped with
great coverings of blazing silver metal formed by
myriads of small polished discs; their horns were
encased in silver and tipped with gold; and round
their necks hung strings of silver bells. The driver
was dressed in clear brilliant blue touched with
silver and a green-gold cap. Inside sat a figure
vermilion covered with chain armour, the ver-
milion breaking through here and there. On his
head was a gold covering; his gray beard was
combed from his chin upwards, and swept away on
either side. The horse was almost as magnificent
as the rider: it had cobalt-blue reins, vermilion
and emerald-green checked saddle-cloth, with old-
rose tassels, and a blaze of silver and gold every-
where. This creature stood just like a statue.
He never moved. There he was in the brilliant
sun, a picture waiting for me. I made a sketch
of him.
To describe the scene as a whole would be
impossible. All one can do is to give little peeps
of the different groups we saw about the grounds.
Suddenly we would run right into a gold-and-
silver cart, a blaze of colour, a harmony in red,
gold, and old-rose. The cart was of gold plush
fringed with green-gold, and bearing a wealth of
old-rose tassels. The oxen were draped with
great coverings of blazing silver metal formed by
myriads of small polished discs; their horns were
encased in silver and tipped with gold; and round
their necks hung strings of silver bells. The driver
was dressed in clear brilliant blue touched with
silver and a green-gold cap. Inside sat a figure