There is a chamber in the palace that has eight walls of red porphyry, and a brass-scaled ceiling hung with lamps.
宫殿里有一处八面围着红色斑岩墙壁的房间，包铜的天花板上悬着几盏灯笼。
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I keep my head down as I walk through groups of funeral-goers, talking quietly to each other and pausing to examine the compartments lining every wall: little brass doors up to the ceiling.