MDMD(1)--Card Table

[jporter]

Dave and John concur:

>> "mostly Pine and Cherry about, nor much Mahogany, excepting a sinister
>> and wonderful Card Table which exhibits the cheaper Wave-like Grain
>> known in the Trade as Wand'ring Heart, causing an illusion of Depth into
>> which for years children have gaz'd as into the illustrated Pages of
>> Books. . ."
>>
>[snip]
>
>> Anyone else see echos of this passage in the book?
>>
>Most assuredly:  there are several interiors that are larger than their
>exteriors.
>
>davemarc


A-and how about..."so many hinges, sliding mortises, hidden catches, and
secret compartments that neither the Twins nor their Sister can say they
have been to the end of it."

just another Parlor Ape,

jody