"Glinda the good Sorceress of Oz sat in the grand court of her palace surrounded by her maids of honor- -a hundred of the most beautiful girls of the Fairyland of Oz. The palace court was built of rare marbles exquisitely polished. Fountains tinkled musically here and there; the vast colonnade open to the south allowed the maidens as they raised their heads from their embroideries to gaze upon a vista of rose-hued fields and groves of trees bearing fruits or laden with sweet-scented flowers. At times one of the girls would start a song the others joining in the chorus or one would rise and dance gracefully swaying to the music of a harp played by a companion. And then Glinda smiled glad to see her maids mixing play with work."