Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard:

It has to be confessed that Majie was a sensible patient. She took seriously the advice given to her by those charged with her care, only ignoring it when it suited her purposes. Still she made good progress and soon reached the stage where her left arm was no longer strapped across her chest. Instead it was supported by her left side and she was encouraged to exercise it, gently.

The sling had a metal support, and this support was extended so that there was a piece she could grip with her left hand. Unfortunately whoever had made it had not made a good job of it and it was soon causing problems. She had a word with a local tradesman and he soon appeared with a carefully carved wooden body for the sling. This had a recess in which her arm, carefully padded, could rest. Instead of the rather strange knobbly bit she was supposed to grasp there was a beautifully worked wooden hilt cross-gartered with leather strapping to ensure she could grip it comfortably.

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