The great dining hall of King Seaphus was considered by all the inhabitants of Merland -- that is, all those who had been lucky enough to have seen its splendor -- to be the most magnificent of its kind anywhere.
The dining table, or banquet board, as it was called, was made of mother-of-pearl. The pale, shimmery cloth was woven from the most delicate of sea-grasses. The gold and silver plates shone with a strange luster, and the goblets, fashioned of the thinnest and most exquisite pearl, gave the impression that they were strange sea lilies.
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