Thanks for the books, Dorian. I haven't read most of these before.
Also: I just left your present outside. It's nothing much, but I hope your holidays went well.
[True to his word, he's left a small package wrapped neatly in shiny red and gold paper. Upon opening it, Dorian'll find a red cookie tin with several sets of well-decorated sugar cookies. They taste as delicious as they look, though their recipe is more 21st century than 19th.
Underneath it, he's also given an ornate fountain pen, the kind only hobbyists and collectors would own. There are a few inkwells too, for him to experiment with in his writing.]
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Also: I just left your present outside. It's nothing much, but I hope your holidays went well.
[True to his word, he's left a small package wrapped neatly in shiny red and gold paper. Upon opening it, Dorian'll find a red cookie tin with several sets of well-decorated sugar cookies. They taste as delicious as they look, though their recipe is more 21st century than 19th.
Underneath it, he's also given an ornate fountain pen, the kind only hobbyists and collectors would own. There are a few inkwells too, for him to experiment with in his writing.]