The Devil's Trill

Miriam narration: Or often we simply talked. He told me of his travels and the many different cultures he had experienced and histories he had learned.
Florian shows Miriam his own personal cabinet of curiosities, featuring many artifacts from the far past, from various countries. There's also paintings involving other countries on the wall. Florian himself is holding up a small glass display case, and is pointing at it. In the case appears to be a mummified hand, complete with some tattered wrappings. Miriam looks aghast at the sight.

Miriam narration: He was courteous enough to ask about my interests as well, but my family saw so much as frivolous or blasphemous that what few fancies I had were dull compared to his (even if he was still kind about it).
Miriam and Florian are sitting at the end of a pair of couches, close enough to talk to each other easily. Miriam does a needlepoint gesture with her hands as she talks about embroidery. Florian is leaning forward to listen and has his chin resting in his hand. He's smiling, so if he's bored, he's not letting on that he is.

Miriam narration: However, when I told him that I enjoyed books, but had only managed rare, secret trips to the library since my father detested anything but the Bible...
Florian seems to perk up with excitement when hearing Miriam's story.

Miriam narration: ...suddenly he wanted me to read every book in the manor!
A shot of Florian plopping a pile of books on the coffee table that's in front of the couch Miriam is sitting on. He still has an excited grin on his face while Miriam looks stunned at the pile.