Cat By Any Other Name (9781101597729) (2012)
“They were three wealthy women. Every one of them lived in a building with an elevator. I could tell from their voices that the climb up to my apartment both tired and amused them. It was a kind of adventuresome slumming—like going to a play in an out-of-the-way loft.
They were all a little breathless when I admitted them. All still dressed in their gardening duds, three elegant farmers on a coffee break.
I gave them each a tall glass of iced coffee to refresh them.
“Oh, dear,” Ava e...xclaimed, looking ruefully down at her three-hundred-dollar boots. “We should have taken our shoes off. I’ll bet there’s loads of dirt from the garden we’re tracking all over Alice’s home.”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “I’m under no illusion that this is a Japanese restaurant. And besides, even actresses own vacuum cleaners.”
They laughed at that, but it was really Sylvia who set the tone for the luncheon.MoreLess
They were all a little breathless when I admitted them. All still dressed in their gardening duds, three elegant farmers on a coffee break.
I gave them each a tall glass of iced coffee to refresh them.
“Oh, dear,” Ava e...xclaimed, looking ruefully down at her three-hundred-dollar boots. “We should have taken our shoes off. I’ll bet there’s loads of dirt from the garden we’re tracking all over Alice’s home.”
“Don’t worry,” I said. “I’m under no illusion that this is a Japanese restaurant. And besides, even actresses own vacuum cleaners.”
They laughed at that, but it was really Sylvia who set the tone for the luncheon.MoreLess
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