“In that sarcophagus was the casket of lead and silver, and in the casket of lead and silver was the queen, the dear immortal cause of all this beauty. But now that sarcophagus seemed no more than a little dark oblong that lay incongruously in the great vista of the Pear of Love. It was as if someone had dropped a small valise upon the crystal sea of heaven.”
— The Pearl of Love by H.G Wells.
