He led her into his office at the back of the museum, with Fanny in tow. “May I ask what interests you about this particular exhibit?”
Caro had known this question would come and had prepared an answer. “My sister recently received a gift of a beautiful Eye of Ra amulet. It is made of lapis lazuli, with some gold and ivory detail. I have been hoping to acquire something similar.”
Mr. Parkinson removed a wooden box from a shelf. “I fear you will not find anything so fine in our exhibit. But there are some nice examples,” he said, arranging the case on his desk. “See this turquoise-colored material? That is called faience, a form of porcelain. This one is of onyx,” he said, gesturing to an elaborately carved eye the size of Caroline’s palm with intricate cutouts. “This one is lapis, but as
