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Date Posted: Tue, December 20 2022, 4:57:38
Author: Janet
Subject: QOTD for Tuesday, 12/20/2022

Quote of the Day for Tuesday, December 20, 2022 from Drums of Autumn, Chapter 8, Man of Worth, By Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 1997 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

"What's this?" I ran my hand curiously over the box.

"Oh, only a wee present." He didn't look at me, but the tis of his ears were pink. "Open it, hm?"

It was a heavy box, both wide and deep. Carved of dense, fine grained wood, it bore the marks of heavy use--nicks and dents that had seasoned but not impaired its polished beauty. It was hasped for a lock, but there was none, the lid rose easily on oiled brass hinges, and a whiff of camphor floated out, vaporous as a jinn.

The instruments gleamed under the smoky sun, bright despite a hazing of disuse. Each had its own pocket, carefully fitted and lined in green velvet.

A small, heavy-toothed saw, scissors, three scalpels--round bladed, straight bladed, scoop bladed, the silver blade of a tongue depressor, a tenaculum....

"Jamie!" Delighted, I lifted out a short ebony rod, to the end of which was affixed a ball of worsted, wrapped in rather moth eaten velvet. I'd seen one before, at Versailles, the eightenteenth century version of a reflex hammer. "Oh Jamie! How wonderful!"

He wiggled his feet, pleased.

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[> There's little more special than receiving a gift that shows the giver truly knows you. -- DianaH, Tue, December 20 2022, 10:40:09

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