In a gold frame, about the size of a book, was an old parchment.

All this my uncle was going to sacrifice to a bit of old parchment.

I saw that his position on the old parchment was impregnable.

Some parchments and books, very old by the look of them, on the desk.

Why should I burn my eyes out over these old parchments which cannot now tell me anything worth knowing?

"And what do I need with a bit of old parchment?"

Smooth and dry, it had reminded her of old parchment.

The one who's come to look at his old parchments?

"Oh no," she heard the girl whisper in a voice thin as old parchment.

He held up the old parchment in his hand.