So let’s see here. We have Evie working on a Latin quiz while Ellie “helps” her by balancing on a medicine ball and swinging on the rings. Seppi is trying to assassinate me with Uncle’s Hussar Calvary saber (and failing to cover his head). Meanwhile, Winnie…
"I only remember the very first part of the book where he described the man of steel and velvet and I remember the deep chord that phrase struck. I remember the image I had of a hand of living steel wearing a velvet glove, a hand that could crush or caress, strike a killing blow or wipe away tears, lift mountains or cradle an infant. The rest of the book was an afterthought."
From an essay about Aubrey Andelin's "Man of Steel and Velvet".
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