I have a couple of things for you.  Follow me up to the residence.”

     I followed Sophie through striking, hand-carved, wooden hallways.  Old, fading paintings hung on the walls, and probably priceless vases sat on top of small tables lining spaces of the hallways.  We stepped into a room with more informal chairs, and couches, and side tables.  We took another hallway to a room with beautiful couches, one chair, very ornate, and a wall of doors.  She opened one and we walked in.  Jewelry, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, were hanging on the wall or laying organizationally, on what looked like a long, long dresser, separated, so nothing got tangled up with another.  Sophie sifted through everything carefully and picked out two sets of gorgeous earrings and a matching...

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