CHAPTER XVIII

The White Room § I In a white room a black figure was seated. Neither hemisphere could have provided another such room—nor another figure like this. The room was circular and surmounted by a dome. This dome was carried out in mother-o’-pearl, so that its effect was rather like that of a tropical evening sky. It was invisibly lighted. It served as a reflector and dimly illuminated the room as if by moonlight. The walls were panelled in the same manner and outlined in ebony. There wa…