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The irony though: I used to own Mary Hooper's "The Sign at the Sugared Plum" but didn't read it in ages and passed it along eventually. Now I picked this one up, not knowing it's a companion to the other one and "Petals in the Ashes".

"Excuse me, Madam, but they do say ass's milk is easier for a baby to digest than milk from a cow." Good thing I have British friends who can tell me that this simply refers to a donkey ...