He said no more, but as soon as they returned home he busied himself with preparing for the party which Lord Marston realised was to be as fantastic and extravagant as those he had seen in Russia.
He could understand that, if it was anything like the parties in the Royal Palaces of St. Petersburg, Lokita would find it astounding.
To him as a young man the colours of the Palaces alone had seemed fantastic.
The Yusupov Palace of yellow was reflected in the Fontanka canal, the Voronzov Palace overlooking the Neva was crimson and white and the Tauride Palace was a rich blue. Others were in lilac or salmon pink.
When he had been in St. Petersburg, the Winter Palace of the Czar, which had originally been coloured pistachio green with white and gold pillars, had been re-painted maroon red.
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