The Widow (2014)
“‘Ho. There you are. Moist and delicious: nothing like a bit of rain to improve a woman. You may talk but not interrupt; this is going to be delectable.’ Only a half chicken that she had taken out of the freezer that afternoon, but she’d hoped it would stimulate his imagination.
‘I’m in business,’ said Arlette grinning. ‘Three all at once.’ ‘So? Tell all.’ ‘How fine you manage to chop those onions.’ Having got the men into the kitchen, butter them up lavishly.
‘A question of having the knife sha...rp, which women never do. Now don’t stand there with your hands in your pockets: make the salad.’ ‘Monsieur Dupont he called himself. It’ll do to go on with. I don’t have the right to say much about him. As a case marked X…’ ‘Lemon juice please, not vinegar.’ ‘…so either he’s pretty kinky or it’s an elaborate trap one can’t see the bottom of. Hardly for me; nobody knows me. So for whom? Why all the melodrama? Is your rice ready? – I’m starving.’ ‘Your sense of mystery makes it rather elliptical and tiresome.MoreLess
‘I’m in business,’ said Arlette grinning. ‘Three all at once.’ ‘So? Tell all.’ ‘How fine you manage to chop those onions.’ Having got the men into the kitchen, butter them up lavishly.
‘A question of having the knife sha...rp, which women never do. Now don’t stand there with your hands in your pockets: make the salad.’ ‘Monsieur Dupont he called himself. It’ll do to go on with. I don’t have the right to say much about him. As a case marked X…’ ‘Lemon juice please, not vinegar.’ ‘…so either he’s pretty kinky or it’s an elaborate trap one can’t see the bottom of. Hardly for me; nobody knows me. So for whom? Why all the melodrama? Is your rice ready? – I’m starving.’ ‘Your sense of mystery makes it rather elliptical and tiresome.MoreLess
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