Ghip-Ghisizzle was the Majordomo and Master of Ceremonies, so he
took his seat at the end of the long table and placed Cap'n Bill on
one side of him and Button-Bright on the other, to the great
annoyance of the other Blueskins present, who favored the strangers
with nothing pleasanter than envious scowls.
The Boolooroo and his Queen and daughters--the Six Snubnosed
Princesses--dined in formal state in the Banquet Hall, where they
were waited upon by favorite soldiers of the Royal Bodyguard. Here
in the servants' hall there was one vacant seat next to
Button-Bright which was reserved for Trot; but the little girl had
not yet appeared, and the sailorman and the boy were beginning to be
uneasy about her.
THE TRIBULATION OF TROT
CHAPTER 9
The apartments occupied by the Six Snubnosed Princesses were so
magnificent that when Trot first entered them, led by her haughty
captors, she thought they must be the most beautiful rooms in the
world. There was a long and broad reception room, with forty-seven
windows in it, and opening out of it were six lovely bedchambers,
each furnished in the greatest luxury. Adjoining each sleeping room
was a marble bath, and each Princess had a separate boudoir and a
dressing room. The furnishings were of the utmost splendor,
blue-gold and blue gems being profusely used in the decorations,
while the divans and chairs were of richly carved bluewood
upholstered in blue satins and silks.
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