A legion of horribles hundreds in number half naked or clad costumes attic biblical wardrobed out a fevered dream with the skins animals and silk finery pieces uniform still tracked blood prior owners coats slain dragoons frogged braided cavalry jackets one stovepipe hat an umbrella white stockings bloodstained wedding veil some headgear cranefeathers rawhide helmets that bore horns bull buffalo pigeontailed coat worn backwards otherwise armor Spanish conquistador breastplate pauldrons deeply dented old blows mace sabre done another country by men whose very bones were dust many their braids spliced up hair other beasts until they trailed upon ground horses' ears tails worked bits brightly colored cloth horse's whole head was painted crimson red all horsemen's faces gaudy grotesque daubings like company mounted clowns death hilarious howling barbarous tongue riding down them horde from hell more horrible yet than brimstone land Christian reckoning screeching yammering clothed smoke those vaporous beings regions beyond right knowing where eye wanders lip jerks drools.