Damsel in Distress (1995)
“Daintily lifting the tails of her skirt, she said, “How do I look, Georgie? Shall I set a new fashion with this gown, or is it too outré?”
It would have seemed odd to any bystander, of whom there was none, to hear an out-and-outer like Lady Winbourne ask for fashion advice from a spinster of fifty-odd years who had not had a new gown made up for herself in a decade. Lady Georgiana Eden’s lean body was encased in an exceedingly plain blue sarsenet gown, and her gray hair was tightly bound under ...an aging silk cap with lace lappets.
Georgiana’s rheumy eyes twinkled as they surveyed Caroline. No one had ever bothered giving Georgiana a nickname before. It had a dégagé sound to it that did not suit her in the least, which was perhaps why she liked it. She noticed Caroline was wearing violet again, not in half mourning for her late husband, but to match the unusual shade of her eyes, which were her chief claim to beauty. They were large, wide-set, and still bore the lustre of youth.MoreLess
It would have seemed odd to any bystander, of whom there was none, to hear an out-and-outer like Lady Winbourne ask for fashion advice from a spinster of fifty-odd years who had not had a new gown made up for herself in a decade. Lady Georgiana Eden’s lean body was encased in an exceedingly plain blue sarsenet gown, and her gray hair was tightly bound under ...an aging silk cap with lace lappets.
Georgiana’s rheumy eyes twinkled as they surveyed Caroline. No one had ever bothered giving Georgiana a nickname before. It had a dégagé sound to it that did not suit her in the least, which was perhaps why she liked it. She noticed Caroline was wearing violet again, not in half mourning for her late husband, but to match the unusual shade of her eyes, which were her chief claim to beauty. They were large, wide-set, and still bore the lustre of youth.MoreLess
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