Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 174
n had candied its rose granite with a layer of ice re-sembling sugar; the moon, that rose pure and bright,poured its dead light upon all this nocturnal whiteness,turned the shadows to blue, and gave a fantastic appearanceto the motionless silhouettes of the equipages whosefrosted lanterns… … A BALL AT THE WINTER PALACE 125 Absolute silence reigned over the square; the rigour ofthe temperature kept away the curious, who in Paris wouldnot have neglected flocking together for the spectacle ofsuch a fete^ although watched from a distance and from theoutside; and if there had been a crowd,…
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