Talk Sweetly to Me
“All six of them were balanced precariously under one arm while her free hand fumbled through her pocket. Her fingers encountered used pencil nubs and a letter folded in half; her burdens shifted slightly, sliding away… If that dratted key ring was not in this pocket, and in the opposite instead—ah!
Thumb and forefinger met cold metal. Rose was withdrawing her find in triumph when a voice interrupted.
“Good afternoon, Miss Sweetly.”
The sound of Mr. Shaughnessy’s voice—that lilting velvet—set th...e inevitable in motion. First the book wrapped in paper slipped; then, as she grabbed for that, her notebook began to fall. She could compute the physics of it in her mind, a cascading avalanche of packages resulting from too few hands and too much gravity. Rose had time to make only one decision: save her slide rule or save the shopping?
Her slide rule won. She grabbed hold of the leather case with her fingertips just before it hit the ground.
Her other burdens were not so lucky. Splat went the book.MoreLess
Thumb and forefinger met cold metal. Rose was withdrawing her find in triumph when a voice interrupted.
“Good afternoon, Miss Sweetly.”
The sound of Mr. Shaughnessy’s voice—that lilting velvet—set th...e inevitable in motion. First the book wrapped in paper slipped; then, as she grabbed for that, her notebook began to fall. She could compute the physics of it in her mind, a cascading avalanche of packages resulting from too few hands and too much gravity. Rose had time to make only one decision: save her slide rule or save the shopping?
Her slide rule won. She grabbed hold of the leather case with her fingertips just before it hit the ground.
Her other burdens were not so lucky. Splat went the book.MoreLess
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