The Girl in the Mask
“‘It will be touch and go whether she can even have costumes ready for us now,’ she complained as we got into sedan chairs outside the house. ‘Every lady of fashion at the Bath has been there before us, thanks to your indisposition.’ I tried to recollect what it was we needed costumes for, but failed. There had been some event or other, I was sure, but the adventure of the robbery had wiped it from my memory. It was my aunt’s instructions that recalled the occasion to my mind.
‘For the masquerad...e,’ she was saying to the dressmaker. ‘Sophia is to be Persephone.’ ‘Persephone?’ I exclaimed, horrified. ‘No one asked me about that! I don’t wish to be Persephone. She gets trapped in the underworld for six months a year and has to marry Hades!’ I shuddered.
‘It’s all arranged, Sophia,’ my aunt said, her voice slightly higher pitched than usual. ‘Your father and I agreed it whilst you were unwell.’ She turned back to the dressmaker. ‘I’m to be Demeter and plan to carry a wheat sheaf.MoreLess
‘For the masquerad...e,’ she was saying to the dressmaker. ‘Sophia is to be Persephone.’ ‘Persephone?’ I exclaimed, horrified. ‘No one asked me about that! I don’t wish to be Persephone. She gets trapped in the underworld for six months a year and has to marry Hades!’ I shuddered.
‘It’s all arranged, Sophia,’ my aunt said, her voice slightly higher pitched than usual. ‘Your father and I agreed it whilst you were unwell.’ She turned back to the dressmaker. ‘I’m to be Demeter and plan to carry a wheat sheaf.MoreLess
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