Short Straw Bride
“It was her wedding day, but the ashen girl in the mirror looked as if she faced a trip to the guillotine instead of a church.
She started to pick up the brush that lay on the dressing table but her hand was shaking so badly that she doubted her ability to hold the brush, let alone use it. She let her hand drop to her lap and stared at her reflection with frightened eyes.
Oh, Lord, what on earth had made her agree to this? True, she wanted to leave this house, and the past two weeks had certainl...y done nothing to change her mind. Aunt Dorinda had done most of the preparations for the wedding, but her cooperation had not been given out of concern for her niece but rather out of a desire that everything appear just as it should.
With everything being done in such a harumscarum rush, it’s important that we observe the proprieties. We don’t want to give people anything more to talk about than we already have, she had added with a long-suffering sigh and an annoyed glance in Eleanor’s direction.MoreLess
She started to pick up the brush that lay on the dressing table but her hand was shaking so badly that she doubted her ability to hold the brush, let alone use it. She let her hand drop to her lap and stared at her reflection with frightened eyes.
Oh, Lord, what on earth had made her agree to this? True, she wanted to leave this house, and the past two weeks had certainl...y done nothing to change her mind. Aunt Dorinda had done most of the preparations for the wedding, but her cooperation had not been given out of concern for her niece but rather out of a desire that everything appear just as it should.
With everything being done in such a harumscarum rush, it’s important that we observe the proprieties. We don’t want to give people anything more to talk about than we already have, she had added with a long-suffering sigh and an annoyed glance in Eleanor’s direction.MoreLess
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