Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize
“Jeffries Wins the Prize CHAPTER 1 “Thank goodness that tiresome woman finally left. Some people simply have no sense of appropriate behavior. I invited her to luncheon, not to waste my whole afternoon.” Helena Rayburn glared at the double oak doors and crossed her arms over her chest. Although she was well into middle age, what gray she had blended easily with her blonde hair, making her appear younger than her years unless one were close enough to see the crow’s feet around her blue eyes and t...he disapproving lines bracketing her thin mouth. She was tall and her ramrod-straight posture made her look even taller.
“Now, Helena, she didn’t stay that long. It’s only half past two. Besides, we’re all still here. Do you want us to leave?” Althea Stanway, known as “Thea” to her friends, rose to her feet and put the delicate gold and white teacup on the trolley. A petite woman, she’d retained her girlish figure and privately hinted that she wore only the lightest of corsets.MoreLess
“Now, Helena, she didn’t stay that long. It’s only half past two. Besides, we’re all still here. Do you want us to leave?” Althea Stanway, known as “Thea” to her friends, rose to her feet and put the delicate gold and white teacup on the trolley. A petite woman, she’d retained her girlish figure and privately hinted that she wore only the lightest of corsets.MoreLess
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