Every Clockmaker in London Failed the Duke's Broken Heirloom - The Plain Girl Fixed It in an Hour
38K views · Jul 17, 2026 · Entertainment
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@sparkyheberling6115 · 2 months ago (edited)
“My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,<br>So it stood ninety years on the floor;<br>It was taller by half than the old man himself,<br>Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.<br>It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,<br>And was always his treasure and pride;<br>But it stopp'd short—never to go again—<br>When the old man died.<br><br>Ninety years without slumbering<br>(tick, tick, tick, tick),<br>His life seconds numbering,<br>(tick, tick, tick, tick),<br>It stopp'd short—never to go again—<br>When the old man died.”<br>—Henry Clay Work
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@TheDukesConfession · 2 months ago
I don't think the clock was the real thing she repaired... she fixed an 11-year-old heart that everyone else had already declared beyond repair.
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@RachelMacnaughtan · 2 months ago
I like the clarity and precision of thought and word that cuts through the manipulation of power and truth.
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@Ingrid-wg1js · 2 months ago
What a lovely story, shame about the typically jealous sister.
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@barbaralatty5232 · 2 months ago
Lovely story. Interesting how the beautiful daughter, in so many stories, cannot tolerate the success and happiness of someone else! I wonder if those beautiful women ever experience true love?
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@geraldwatts1104 · 2 months ago
So it took one afternoon to extract a integral part of mechanism and hide it in a carefully constructed false panel but then it took 4 weeks to fix and 3 weeks to fix and The timeline in this one is whack. Pretty good story but attention to detail would make it better
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@NormaJene · 2 months ago
Nice short story. Love the narrator's voice. Thank you!
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@susanmazei1834 · 2 months ago
Quite the different story. Appreciated.
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@davidbolls4850 · 2 months ago
Nicely unfolding story!
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@williamwallace9826 · 2 months ago (edited)
You don't kneel to work on a grandfather clock taller than a man. The mechanism is entirely at the top, behind the dial.<br>Not clear who dies eleven years before. First it was his father, then his wife, then his father. Make up your mind.
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@AncientHearts-x9m · 2 months ago (edited)
An inspiring story filled with fascinating twists and a wonderful message about talent and perseverance.
@smallcnclathes · 2 months ago
Well, that was different!
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