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In about three whirls and one spiral Jack found himself on the steps of / a glittering red glass palace. It stood on the edge of a green glass / sea, whose waves broke with a melodious tinkle and crash on the beach / below. The beach itself was a gleaming stretch of glass splinters, most / dangerous to the tread of unwary travellers. Jack was so confounded by / his sudden arrival in this strange place that for several moments he / was scarcely aware that the slave of the bell was addressing him.
"Be pleased to enter the castle of the Red Jinn," murmured the little / black boy politely, repeating the words till Jack at last did hear him.