Shades of Fortune
“Richard Bernhardt is a thirtyish housewife in Scarsdale, and she comes to the door of her pleasant, Tudor-style house on Rockinghorse Lane to greet her visitor. “What a great pleasure,” she says as she offers him her hand. “Your reputation, as they say, precedes you, sir!”
“That could be taken two ways, of course,” he says.
She laughs easily and leads him across the wide entrance hall and into her sunny living room, which is decorated with floral Clarence House chintz and overlooks the sparklin...g backyard pool. “Can I get you something?” Louise Bernhardt asks. “Iced tea? Lemonade? A drink?”
“Nothing, thanks.”
They seat themselves on the sofa in front of the fireplace, the opening of which is filled with a hand-painted paper fan, for summer. Arrayed on the mantel is a handsome collection of polished pewter tankards. Louise Bernhardt has a certain reputation as a housekeeper and, in her living room, it shows.
“Needless to say, I’m consumed with curiosity as to why you called and wanted to see me,”MoreLess
“That could be taken two ways, of course,” he says.
She laughs easily and leads him across the wide entrance hall and into her sunny living room, which is decorated with floral Clarence House chintz and overlooks the sparklin...g backyard pool. “Can I get you something?” Louise Bernhardt asks. “Iced tea? Lemonade? A drink?”
“Nothing, thanks.”
They seat themselves on the sofa in front of the fireplace, the opening of which is filled with a hand-painted paper fan, for summer. Arrayed on the mantel is a handsome collection of polished pewter tankards. Louise Bernhardt has a certain reputation as a housekeeper and, in her living room, it shows.
“Needless to say, I’m consumed with curiosity as to why you called and wanted to see me,”MoreLess
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