City of Ash (2011)
“I’d stayed up late into the night studying, determined to win whatever grudging respect the company might offer. It seemed obvious that impressing Mrs. Wilkes was a lost cause—and I did not let myself think of the very expensive notepaper she’d tossed aside as if it had no more worth than one of the printed broadsheets that adorned every telegraph pole in the city—but I had hopes of impressing the man who had made her his muse. Now I understood what Sebastian DeWitt had been trying to tell me t...hat day in the parlor, and I wanted to prove to him that I was worthy of Penelope Justis—and yes, even more worthy than the woman who embodied the character for him.
When I stepped onstage, Mr. DeWitt glanced up from the table and gave me a reassuring smile. “Ah—here you are. Good morning, Mrs. Langley.”
“Good morning.” I was thrilled by his smile, but my own faltered as I looked at the others, their expressions all variations on a theme of dismissal and dislike.
Lucius Greene looked up from where he was conferring with a carpenter over some drawing, and twirled his wrist at me, a broad and overly theatrical gesture.MoreLess
When I stepped onstage, Mr. DeWitt glanced up from the table and gave me a reassuring smile. “Ah—here you are. Good morning, Mrs. Langley.”
“Good morning.” I was thrilled by his smile, but my own faltered as I looked at the others, their expressions all variations on a theme of dismissal and dislike.
Lucius Greene looked up from where he was conferring with a carpenter over some drawing, and twirled his wrist at me, a broad and overly theatrical gesture.MoreLess
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