pocket. That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.” They are quiet a moment. Marie-Laure says, “I heard that the diamond is like a piece of light from the original world. Before it fell. A piece of light rained to earth from God.” “You want to know what it looks like. That’s why you’re so curious.” She rolls a murex in her hands. Holds it to her ear. Ten thousand drawers, ten thousand whispers inside ten thousand
