Instead she looked very hard at the woman's chin. On it was a single white hair - visible even in the heavy dusk - that closely resembled a piece of thread hanging off a scrap of fabric. The woman forgot about Rusty for a moment. "I call her Hephzibah, " she said with pride. "It's taken years for her to grow. Ness Kingsley
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Instead she looked very hard at the woman's chin. On it was a single white hair - visible even in the heavy dusk - that closely resembled a piece of thread hanging off a scrap of fabric. The woman forgot about Rusty for a moment. "I call her Hephzibah," she said with pride.

"It's taken years for her to grow." Hephzibah is the name of an old Biblical character. It means "flowing out" or "descending." This expression alludes to the idea that wisdom comes in stages, with every step forward only bringing the seeker closer to her goal.

Source: The Curse Of Cackling Meadows

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