The Pinkies were every one short and fat and gorgeously dressed in
pink attire, and their faces indicated that they were contented and
happy. They were much surprised at Cap'n Bill's great size and
wooden leg--two very unusual things in their experience--and the old
sailor frightened more than one Pink boy and girl and sent them
scampering into the houses, where they viewed the passing procession
from behind the window shutters in comparative safety. As for the
grown people, many of them got out their sharp-pointed sticks to use
as weapons in case the strangers attacked them or broke away from
their guards. A few, more bold than the others, followed on at the
tail of the procession, and so presently they all reached an open,
circular place in the exact center of the Pink City.
TOURMALINE THE POVERTY QUEEN
CHAPTER 14
The open space which they entered was paved with pink marble, and
around it were two rows of large, pink statues, at least life-size
and beautifully sculptured. All were set upon nicely carved pink
pedestals. They were, of course, statues of Pinky men and women, and
all had bands of pink metal around their foreheads, in the center of
each band being a glistening pink jewel.
About the middle of the open space inside the statues, which
appeared to be the public meeting place of the Pinkies, was a small,
low house, domed like all the other houses but built of a coarse
pink stone instead of the fine marble to be seen everywhere else.
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