Debutantes
“The telegraph boy from the village post office cycled up the avenue and appeared at the back door just as Daisy and Rose were bringing in the last sheaves of beech leaves to decorate the Chinese vases in the hall.
‘Two telegrams, my lady,’ he said, taking them from the basket in front of his bicycle and handing them to Daisy.
‘Two!’ exclaimed Rose.
‘One for Violet,’ said Daisy as she smiled her thanks at the boy and told him to wait a minute in case there was an answer. ‘And the other for Great...-Aunt Lizzie. Quick, Rose – run and get Violet and bring her down to the dining room.’ She cast a quick glance into the kitchen. Mrs Beaton was hard at work. Justin had caught a huge pike which he had presented as his offering to the party and Mrs Beaton was busy turning it into hundreds of tiny fishcakes deliciously flavoured with fresh basil.
Up in the dining room Great-Aunt Lizzie was drawing an enormous linen tablecloth from the depths of a tomblike oak chest.
‘Lazarus rises from the dead!’ said Rose, coming in with Violet who was flushed and breathless from her run down the stairs.MoreLess
‘Two telegrams, my lady,’ he said, taking them from the basket in front of his bicycle and handing them to Daisy.
‘Two!’ exclaimed Rose.
‘One for Violet,’ said Daisy as she smiled her thanks at the boy and told him to wait a minute in case there was an answer. ‘And the other for Great...-Aunt Lizzie. Quick, Rose – run and get Violet and bring her down to the dining room.’ She cast a quick glance into the kitchen. Mrs Beaton was hard at work. Justin had caught a huge pike which he had presented as his offering to the party and Mrs Beaton was busy turning it into hundreds of tiny fishcakes deliciously flavoured with fresh basil.
Up in the dining room Great-Aunt Lizzie was drawing an enormous linen tablecloth from the depths of a tomblike oak chest.
‘Lazarus rises from the dead!’ said Rose, coming in with Violet who was flushed and breathless from her run down the stairs.MoreLess
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