It may be pierced with windows of mica or studded with gems. And he burst out laughing. With a scene of flagellation. This caused him to double over with hilarity. Then I took down his order and asked for an advance to buy the ivory.
Wild ivory is denser, far more beautiful and more expensive, too.
For pierced work it cannot be surpassed. I am sometimes able to procure these decorative elements for a fair price from a maker of buttons and belt buckles because I have an arrangement with him. But farther up, the pieces hold so fast no one has ever complained. Although I diluted it, as the wafers were so fragile. I told Sade.