The Borrowers Awe and Amazement Quotes

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Quote #10

Curious objects dangled from the tongs: "Would you believe it—her best lace handkerchiefs! Look, here's another… and another! And my big mattress needle—I knew I had one—my silver thimble, if you please, and one of hers! And look, oh my, at the wools… the cottons! No wonder you can never find a spool of white cotton if you want one." (17.29)

Mrs. Driver is finding a ton of her very own stuff in the Clocks' home. So why does it all seem so exciting and unfamiliar and unbelievable now?