" It is the usual way of things, when you have done something to hurt someone else, to extend an olive branch.” Morgan was uncertain what a piece of tree could have to do with the ins and outs of polite society. Unless Earl Warrington meant some type of walking stick fashioned from the wood of the olive tree? Morgan was about to seek clarification when his uncle went on. "

― J.A. Rock , A Rival for Rivingdon (The Lords of Bucknall Club, #3)