Rita stopped Eggshell in front of a house and paid a little boy to hold 
the reins. From the saddlebags she took a sheaf of new paper, all wrapped up in 
special wrapping-paper that she'd also made. She carried it up the steps and 
rang the bell. The house had a round tower on the front, lined with bow windows 
with stained-glass inserts above them, and through the windows and the lace 
curtains Nell could see, on different stories, crystal chandeliers and fine 
plates and dark brown wooden bookcases lined with thousands and thousands of 
books.