The Selfless Sister
“Beaming, she declared, “What a delightful day! We shall dine downstairs tonight. The Clarendon is the only hotel in London where you can find a genuine French dinner.”
Only half listening, Lucinda settled into an identical chair across. “I have heard of their cook, Jacquiers,” she responded listlessly. Since Hatchards, her thoughts had been in a turmoil and she couldn’t concentrate on anything.
“I’m sure he’ll outdo himself again,” replied Lady Perry. She picked up a satirical print by ...Gillray which she’d just purchased at Mrs. Humphrie’s Print Shop in St. James Street. It was of the Whig politician, Charles James Foxby, and she considered it a real find. “Isn’t this hilarious? Though I had best not hang it in any prominent spot at home.”
Lucinda glanced at the caricature of a man in ragged French sansculottes whose face was unshaven and hairy and whose gaiety suggested drunkenness. “It surely is hilarious,”MoreLess
Only half listening, Lucinda settled into an identical chair across. “I have heard of their cook, Jacquiers,” she responded listlessly. Since Hatchards, her thoughts had been in a turmoil and she couldn’t concentrate on anything.
“I’m sure he’ll outdo himself again,” replied Lady Perry. She picked up a satirical print by ...Gillray which she’d just purchased at Mrs. Humphrie’s Print Shop in St. James Street. It was of the Whig politician, Charles James Foxby, and she considered it a real find. “Isn’t this hilarious? Though I had best not hang it in any prominent spot at home.”
Lucinda glanced at the caricature of a man in ragged French sansculottes whose face was unshaven and hairy and whose gaiety suggested drunkenness. “It surely is hilarious,”MoreLess
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