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L I V I N G D I N I N G L I B R A RY B E D K I TC H E N G A R D E N LADY DAMASK'S GIFT LIST (DRAFT, NOT TO BE SHOWN TO ANYONE) PROFESSOR AUBERGINE–A PAIR OF MATCH PEWTER CANDLESTICKS. HE CLAIMS CANDLELIGHT IS MORE FLATTERING THAN ANY PAINT OR PLASTER (HE MAY BE RIGHT), AND I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK THEY WILL ILLUMINATE HIS STUDY BEAUTIFULLY—AND PERHAPS CAST A SHADOW OVER WHATEVER SECRETS HE SCRIBBLES THERE. COUSIN GOSSAMER–A CASHMERE THROW IN A CHIC GREIGE. SHE WILL INSIST SHE HAS NO USE FOR IT, THEN PARADE ABOUT WITH IT OVER HER SHOULDERS LIKE A ROMAN EMPRESS. SOME GIFTS ARE LESS ABOUT WARMTH THAN SPECTACLE. COLONEL CHESTNUT – A TIMELESS LOBMEYR DECANTER AND MATCHING SET OF TUMBLERS. HE WILL NO DOUBT CHRISTEN THEM WITH BRANDY BEFORE THE QUEEN'S SPEECH HAS CONCLUDED. THIS WAY, HIS SPILLS MAY BE CONFINED TO THE GLASSES RATHER THAN THE UPHOLSTERY. ONE CANNOT REFORM THE COLONEL, BUT ONE CAN AT LEAST CONTAIN HIM. AUNT SAFFRON – A TRIO OF BERGS POTTER GARDEN POTS, ALREADY FILLED WITH PAPERWHITE BULBS. THEY WILL PERFUME HER WINTER MORNING ROOM DELIGHTFULLY AND, JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, DISTRACT HER FROM MEDDLING IN MINE. ONE MUST GIVE HER HANDS SOMETHING TO FUSS WITH BESIDES MY WALLPAPER CHOICES. PRIMROSE (OUR MAID) – A SET OF AROMATIC SANTA MARIA NOVELLA WAX TABLETS FOR HER LINEN DRAWER. AND PERHAPS A SMALL NOTE REMINDING HER THAT DISCRETION IS A VIRTUE. FOR MYSELF – A BREATHTAKING SET OF RÊVERIE CHINA FROM FÜRSTENBERG IS JUST THE THING TO INSPIRE REVEALING CONVERSATION AT DINNER PARTIES—OR DISCOVER SUSPECTS. 1 3 1 6 S LO C U M ST R E E T DA L L A S K D B I E L . C O M RO O M S W I T H A P O I N T O F V I E W