A Lady Never Lies
““I say, it’s a shame we didn’t save Wallingford’s feathers. Think how many of these we might have done.”
“Really, Alex, if you’d visit the barnyard occasionally, instead of that musty old workshop of Mr. Burke’s, you’d know we’ve no lack of feathers.” Abigail stuffed the glue brush back in its bottle with unnecessary force. “There. That’s the last one.”
“Mr. Burke’s automobile is much more interesting than any of your livestock,” Alexandra replied. She ran her fingers across the fine, s...leek softness of the feathers edging her mask, imagining how they would tease her skin. How they would tickle Finn’s nose when he kissed her beneath the peach trees.
“To say nothing of Mr. Burke himself. Here, Lilibet. This one will do very well for you. Lily-white.”
“Oh, for goodness’ sake,” snapped Lilibet.
Everybody turned to stare at her: Alexandra and Abigail; Signorina Morini, from her seat at the kitchen table, stuffing the last of the olives; Francesca at the hearth, turning the beef on its spit.MoreLess
“Really, Alex, if you’d visit the barnyard occasionally, instead of that musty old workshop of Mr. Burke’s, you’d know we’ve no lack of feathers.” Abigail stuffed the glue brush back in its bottle with unnecessary force. “There. That’s the last one.”
“Mr. Burke’s automobile is much more interesting than any of your livestock,” Alexandra replied. She ran her fingers across the fine, s...leek softness of the feathers edging her mask, imagining how they would tease her skin. How they would tickle Finn’s nose when he kissed her beneath the peach trees.
“To say nothing of Mr. Burke himself. Here, Lilibet. This one will do very well for you. Lily-white.”
“Oh, for goodness’ sake,” snapped Lilibet.
Everybody turned to stare at her: Alexandra and Abigail; Signorina Morini, from her seat at the kitchen table, stuffing the last of the olives; Francesca at the hearth, turning the beef on its spit.MoreLess
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