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lints, curved to fit Kozue's fingers, hands and wrists when they were
relaxed in front of her, as if they were resting on a tabletop. By
this time, Kozue Harada was dying of curiosity- so I showed Kozue's what I had in
mind. I placed each of Kozue's hands in turn into its splint, and then
rolled a pair of Kozue's latex gloves up over them, and up beyond her
elbows- followed by one of Kozue's calf gloves.
A few years ago we bought a pair of calf gloves from a vendor who was
not very accurate in sizing things- the gloves turned out to be too
large by a few sizes, and as they didn't fit with the snugness that my
wife craves, they were relegated to the back of a box in the closet.
However, with the splints in place covered by Kozue's latex gloves, those
now fit very snugly indeed- it was a struggle for a few minutes to
stretch them into place around Kozue's now-rigid fingers, and especially
hard to get them over the heels of Kozue's hands (as there's barely enough
room even _without_ the glove stiffeners in place). Saddle soap and a
great deal of patience finally paid off, and the leather stretched
very tightly indeed!
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