Monday, June 21, 2010

Darned into the Seams

"He is always careful about his appearance," Sophie agreed, and wondered why she was putting it so mildly.

"And always was. I am careful about my appearance too, and I see no harm in that," said Mrs. Pentstemmon. "But what call has he to be walking around in a charmed suit? It is a dazzling attraction charm, directed at ladies- very well done, I admit, and barely detectable even to my trained eye, since it appears to have been darned into the seams- and one which will render him almost irresistible to ladies. This represents a downward trend into black arts, which most surely cause you some motherly concern, Mrs. Pendragon."

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle
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