Maggie (1984)
“Farquharson was just as Lord Strathairn had known him in the Lahore days, plump and rosy and white-haired, lacking only a cotton wool beard and red flannel suit to turn him into the perfect Father Christmas.
His wife also looked the same; small and dark and afflicted with a very yellowish wrinkled complexion under a brittle thatch of red hair. She would not make a very good Mrs. Claus. She looked more like one of the elves.
The earl had hoped for a quiet evening with the Farquharsons, reliving ...old times among Mr. Farquharson’s many mementoes of India; brass ornaments, elephants’ feet and stuffed tigers’ heads. But Mr. Farquharson had outdone himself in his attempts to provide suitable entertainment for the Earl of Strathairn.
He had invited several members of the Scottish nobility. There was the Honourable Alistair Ashton, young Lord John Robey, and the Marquess of Handley. Female attractions were supplied by the Misses Morag and Sheila Bentley. The guests had all been educated in England, and had accents as English as the earl’s own.MoreLess
His wife also looked the same; small and dark and afflicted with a very yellowish wrinkled complexion under a brittle thatch of red hair. She would not make a very good Mrs. Claus. She looked more like one of the elves.
The earl had hoped for a quiet evening with the Farquharsons, reliving ...old times among Mr. Farquharson’s many mementoes of India; brass ornaments, elephants’ feet and stuffed tigers’ heads. But Mr. Farquharson had outdone himself in his attempts to provide suitable entertainment for the Earl of Strathairn.
He had invited several members of the Scottish nobility. There was the Honourable Alistair Ashton, young Lord John Robey, and the Marquess of Handley. Female attractions were supplied by the Misses Morag and Sheila Bentley. The guests had all been educated in England, and had accents as English as the earl’s own.MoreLess
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