Intellectually, I daresay, we're mere children compared with them, and it's quite possible that they have developed senses which we have no idea of." "And perhaps," added Zaidie, "all the time that we are talking to each other our friend here is quietly reading everything that is going on in our minds." Whether this was so or not their host gave no sign of comprehension.

He led them up the steps and through the great doorway, where he was met by three splendidly dressed men even taller than himself.
"I feel beastly shabby among all these gorgeously attired personages," said Redgrave, looking down at his plain tweed suit, as they were conducted with every manifestation of politeness along the magnificent vestibule into which the door opened.
"And I'm sure I am quite a dowdy in comparison with these lovely creatures," added Zaidie, "although this dress was made in Paris.

Lenox, if things are for sale here you'll have to buy me one of those costumes, and we'll take it back and get one made like it.

I wonder what they'd think of me dressed in one of those costumes at a ball at the Waldorf-Astoria." Before he could make a suitable reply, a door at the end of the vestibule opened and they were ushered into a large hall which was evidently a council-chamber.

At the further end of it were three semi-circular rows of seats made of a polished silvery metal, and in the centre and raised slightly above them another under a canopy of sky-blue silk.