Three Weddings And a Murder
“One of the white ribbons that ringed her fitted sleeve had come untied; it flapped merrily in the wind, in cheery counterpoint to the murmur of the crowd.Even from twenty feet away, she drew his eye. And it wasn’t just Simon who looked at her. The crowd was massed in the hundreds, and not a one of them was gawking at the steam engine that she was about to christen. They were all watching her.And no wonder. The sun glinted off her dark hair, framed by her straw bonnet. The rays twinkled against ...the bottle of champagne that she held over her head. She smiled, and the entire throng seemed to hold its breath alongside Simon.She was beautiful, lovely, charming, and the wealthy partial owner of the newest direct line to London.And that was only what one could glean from the surface.“I hereby declare this line open,” she said. She didn’t speak loudly, but her voice carried over the waiting masses. She smashed the bottle atop the train, and cheers washed over them. Behind them, the engineer gave a long blast of the whistle.“God,”MoreLess
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