One angle of it interests me tremendously - those velvet slippers.
The velvet slippers come back to us on tide of events, wrapped in newspaper.
"Did he, in that unhappy moment, mention a pair of velvet slippers?"
The same old velvet slippers I'd left in that office, long ago.
One foot bare, the other in a velvet slipper.
On its feet were red velvet slippers, decorated with glass beads.
Her stout shoes had long since become velvet slippers for silence.
But what I most remember were the velvet slippers, which cost a frankly hilarious $950 (£590).
She stuck out a foot just to peek at the toe of a velvet slipper.
"Matson had a green velvet slipper on you," I said.