Chapter 17

Starless, the sky above the easterly gardens had been kept day. Large torches rose like pillars of flame in an erected pavilion. Henri could see a structure of wood and canvas rising at the center of it. It towered over the topiary walls, and Henri strained his eyes to see its end as it stretched towards the clouds. Like a ship without a sea. The stretched canvas reminded him of butterfly wings. Was the contraption actually supposed to fly?