The Palace of Laughter (2006)
“The result was a dirty, dark gray that would pass for black if you didn’t look too closely. Against the dark hair her skin was white as a pearl.
Little was dressed in a boy’s jacket, shirt and trousers that Lady Partridge had produced from an old leather trunk in the corner. They were a few sizes too big, but with the trousers turned up and the shirtsleeves rolled they fit her well enough. “These,” said Lady Partridge, “belonged to Will, the gardener’s boy. I used to pass them on to the orphana...ge when he outgrew them, until I discovered that horrible Pinchbucket woman was selling them to a stallholder at the market and keeping the few pennies for herself.” She had rummaged again in the trunk and found an ice-cream-free shirt for Miles, and a cap that would at least partly hide his face. The shirt felt clean and a little stiff, as he spooned the last of the porridge from his bowl. He felt in his jacket pocket, but Tangerine was sleeping.
Lady Partridge stepped back to admire her handiwork.MoreLess
Little was dressed in a boy’s jacket, shirt and trousers that Lady Partridge had produced from an old leather trunk in the corner. They were a few sizes too big, but with the trousers turned up and the shirtsleeves rolled they fit her well enough. “These,” said Lady Partridge, “belonged to Will, the gardener’s boy. I used to pass them on to the orphana...ge when he outgrew them, until I discovered that horrible Pinchbucket woman was selling them to a stallholder at the market and keeping the few pennies for herself.” She had rummaged again in the trunk and found an ice-cream-free shirt for Miles, and a cap that would at least partly hide his face. The shirt felt clean and a little stiff, as he spooned the last of the porridge from his bowl. He felt in his jacket pocket, but Tangerine was sleeping.
Lady Partridge stepped back to admire her handiwork.MoreLess
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