I don't have my books with me, so I just hit Amazon to "Look Inside." On p. 215 (which if I recall correctly is when Costis is seeing the queen's chamber, but I can't remember the exact circumstances) it says something about a row of carved beads on a shelf, a collection of tiny amphorae. Now, it *may* be that the beads are just carving on a shelf, but my theory is that a collector is a collector, and she's got a bunch of beautifully carved beads sitting on a shelf. :)
And it's a huge palace. Goodness knows what else she might collect. Lovely hairpins? We know she has at least two pairs of earrings; perhaps she has a huge collection of them, hidden away where Gen can't find them and steal them. Perhaps that is why she feared him so - not that she worried about his possibly killing her, or anything ilke that: It was the earring! She went in terror of losing them!
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Date: 10/23/14 12:12 pm (UTC)And it's a huge palace. Goodness knows what else she might collect. Lovely hairpins? We know she has at least two pairs of earrings; perhaps she has a huge collection of them, hidden away where Gen can't find them and steal them. Perhaps that is why she feared him so - not that she worried about his possibly killing her, or anything ilke that: It was the earring! She went in terror of losing them!