Situated in a beautifully renovated 1929 Tudor manor near downtown, the Old Monterey Inn, 500 Martin Street, (800) 350-2344, fax (831) 375-6730, www.oldmontereyinn.com, has 10 individually decorated rooms with king or queen feather beds, satiny terry-lined robes and full breakfast.

The throne was occupied by a woman in flowing satiny white robes, who leaned forward with an intense expression.

Daniel and Charles stood beside two tall, handsome, dark-haired men in satiny black robes with capes.

The band wore satiny Senegalese robes, to which Mr. Nder added a baseball cap.

He came in close to the friends and waited, his arms, obviously thin even under the folds of his long, satiny robe, peacefully dropped to his sides.

She wore a satiny yellow robe, no makeup, and her only jewelry was some fancy, overlarge rings and some sort of charm necklace with various tiny things attached to them.

Some showed up in colorful dress: traditional Vietnamese embroidered outfits known as ao dai on the women, saffron-colored gowns and tiara-like headpieces on the girls, satiny blue robes and caps on the men.

If the satiny robes on his Klansmen seem too lovingly sewn, perhaps that is because he is an old-fashioned artist who can't help taking pains with whatever he makes.

Sparhawk noted the Goddess was once again garbed in that satiny white robe.

Double doors at the far end of the hall swept open, and Shek, the Ferengi, swept into the room, with luxurious satiny robes trailing behind him.