The floor was polished marble, and on the red-carpeted stone platform at the far end stood the throne of Perivor, backed by heavy purple drapes.

Then Naradas stepped from behind the purple drape at the back of the throne.

There were snakes upon those purple drapes - golden serpents with venomous fangs and twisted coils.

The black limousines were waiting for us, with discreet purple drapes at their windows; we climbed in and sat facing each other, trying not to smile.

Gazing toward the mansion, Clyde saw a tier of windows hung with magnificent purple drapes, like a royal suite.

Prynn didn't notice; her face was turned upward, her eyes greedily soaking in rivers of lustrous purple drape over the street.

The room leading into the theater, more a salon than a lobby, is painted yellow, with imported French chandeliers and plush purple drapes.

In the dining room are purple drapes with gray beads, a reference to her passion for beads in her clothing.

It is a second-floor chamber above the front door, so that the woman dressing can part the purple drapes to see the street outside beyond a wrought-iron balcony.

There were heavy purple drapes on the walls.