Dressing quickly, he chose a plain coat of dark bronze silk, then stuffed the sliced rags as far under the bed as he could reach until he could dispose of them without Nerim seeing.

Some styles, like an anorak of bronze silk lined with claret-color sheared mink, use the fur on the inside.

That well-fitted coat of bronze silk, with falls of snowy lace at neck and wrists, suited him, however.

He took the ramshackle steps in a springing lope, removed the neckerchief of bronze silk from his throat, dabbed perspiration away as the heels of his polished riding boots echoed down the parquetry of an inner corridor.

Flickers of bronze silk with a thin border of intricately embroidered black scrollwork showed through.

"The bronze silk is perfect for her."

The walls were covered in nubby bronze silk, the floor with a resilient grass-weave the color of Jelaza Kazone's leaves.

In the current spring collection, he was at it again, pairing fatigues of bronze silk shantung with olive-drab cashmere T- shirts.

Janya, slim in her pale bronze silks and wearing her brown-fringed shawl draped over her arms, studied what Kairen and Ashmanaille were doing with the eagerness of one who wished she could be doing the same.

She rose from where she sat with her parents and two oldest children, bronze silk skirts whispering beneath panels of black lace, candlelight glowing from the jewels at her throat.