I preceeded the quote with left caret a right caret, then inserted the link, ended the quote, typed a spine, and ended with left caret a right caret.
It may have once been a monstrous 793 carets, before a jeweler's maladroitness and a few subsequent refinements chopped it to the mere 109-caret chunk it is today.
So he wedded her with a nine-caret ring and Elsie stayed on to work harder than ever at even smaller wages for the two of them.