Partridge Shoot From Elephantback
February, 1966
He wore A Rose-Pink turban, white trousers, an open brocade jacket, and he came in softly without a word. Placing the tea tray on the low bedside teak stand, he bowed gracefully to the knees and withdrew, backing out, his bare feet whispering.It was a classic bedroom scene from a Cecil B. De Mille Oriental epic in full color. My bed was huge, splashed with gilt, canopied in silk, its four posts of rosewood crawling with realistically carved cobras; huge draperies of gold silk were drawn over the...
