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Wednesday, 07. July 2010

She looked down at the tip of the little satin...

By sakamotojng, 10:23
She looked down at the tip of the little satin boot that peeped from her long draperies "I used to care immensely too: my life was full of such thingsBut now I want to try not to "You want to try not to?" "Yes: I want to cast off all my old life, to become just like everybody else here"You'll never be like everybody else," he said She raised her straight eyebrows a littleIf you knew how I hate to be different!" Her face had grown as sombre as a tragic maskShe leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances "I want to get away from it all," she insisted He waited a moment and cleared his throatLetterblair has told me "Ah?" "That's the reason I've comeHe asked me to?you see I'm in the firm She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened"You mean you can manage it for me? I can talk to you instead of MrLetterblair? Oh, that will chanel classic flap be so much easier!" Her tone touched him, and his confidence grew with his self-satisfactionHe perceived that she had spoken of business to Beaufort simply to get rid of him