Martin stood on the dais where the lectern usually sat, a low brazier to either side. |
The sultan escorted the prince, wearing a gold crown, to a golden chair on the dais. |
The king sat upon a dais and Lione stood before him and told the story of the crimes the Brotherhood had committed. |
The royal family ate on the dais, along with the high priests and priestesses. |
The warning didn't register with one windbag, and the committee members signaled the emcee to gavel the person off the dais. |
Were they not inhibited Anglo-Saxons and had he been in their midst rather than standing on a raised dais, they would have assuredly hugged him. |