Conduct Unbecoming of a Gentleman
“He halted, staring at the Pomona green of the sofa and shuddered with distaste. His last mistress had purchased a gown of that exact shade which had cost him the earth. Adron despised the entire garment down to the flounce about the hem.
Peering further into the room he spied Mrs. Essie Calhermin, Rhonda’s widowed second cousin. She huddled in a green overstuffed chair close to the window pouring intently over a book. Being a little dab of a woman with graying hair, the chair seemed to swal...low her and with a paisley shawl about her hunched shoulders, he thought she appeared somewhat forlorn. The droop at the corners of her mouth added to the lonely picture but having misjudged Laurel by the outward image she presented, he would be the first to admit appearances could often be deceptive.
Essie wasn’t the downtroddened person she seemed. From his last visit to Landings, he knew well she could talk the horns off a billy goat. Besides, he’d witnessed mischief dancing in her eyes and freely admitted he’d avoided her presence as often as possible.MoreLess
Peering further into the room he spied Mrs. Essie Calhermin, Rhonda’s widowed second cousin. She huddled in a green overstuffed chair close to the window pouring intently over a book. Being a little dab of a woman with graying hair, the chair seemed to swal...low her and with a paisley shawl about her hunched shoulders, he thought she appeared somewhat forlorn. The droop at the corners of her mouth added to the lonely picture but having misjudged Laurel by the outward image she presented, he would be the first to admit appearances could often be deceptive.
Essie wasn’t the downtroddened person she seemed. From his last visit to Landings, he knew well she could talk the horns off a billy goat. Besides, he’d witnessed mischief dancing in her eyes and freely admitted he’d avoided her presence as often as possible.MoreLess
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