Bride (2001)
“Blanche Bastible said, one pudgy hand spread upon the very exposed swell of her plump bosom, the other wafting a sugared confection in emphasis. “I must say that I'm disappointed. Far too small. Far too quiet. Not at all the kind of affair I should have expected.”Justine eyed the chocolate-dipped figs on her plate with distaste and reached for wine instead.“As I remember, Mother-in-law,” Arran said from his place at the beautifully decorated table in a dining room off the red salon. “As I remem...ber, you chose not to be present at all for your own daughter's wedding.”Blanche pouted and raised a fan made of the same ivory satin as her fussy gown. “You seem to forget that I was about to be married myself at the time. This is quite a different matter. I can't see why we couldn't have waited for Grace to come from Yorkshire for this occasion, and for the Duchess of Franchot. And ever so many other people. Don't you agree, Mr. North?”Devlin, who had arrived bearing Saber's apologies for not attending, made an unintelligible noise in response to Blanche.“I should have thought the reason for simplicity obvious,”MoreLess
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