The Fifth Kiss
“Tilda had dressed Amy in a white dimity gown belted with a wide blue satin sash and tied in the back with an enormous bow. White pantaloons peeped out below her flounced hem and their ruffled bottoms revealed only the tips of her tiny laced half boots. Perry looked almost manly in his brown coat (very like his father’s), velveret waistcoat of antique bronze and pale beige smalls with buckles at the knees. Even his boots were like his father’s, the leather gleaming and little tassles swinging fr...om the tops. “You are both beautiful!” she crowed, folding them into an embrace. “Why do you look so unhappy?”
“We want to see Papa … to see what he’s brought us from London … and to play with him,” Perry pouted. “We don’t like to talk to guests.”
Amy nodded agreement. “Don’t like gueths,” she echoed.
“Nonsense!” Olivia said briskly. “They are your father’s friends, and if he likes them, it is very likely you will too.”
“Will you like them, Aunt Livie?”MoreLess
“We want to see Papa … to see what he’s brought us from London … and to play with him,” Perry pouted. “We don’t like to talk to guests.”
Amy nodded agreement. “Don’t like gueths,” she echoed.
“Nonsense!” Olivia said briskly. “They are your father’s friends, and if he likes them, it is very likely you will too.”
“Will you like them, Aunt Livie?”MoreLess
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