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I cannot imagine you as Felicia,” he said. “You’re Cleo.” “Are you always in the habit of redefining your female companions?” “If you must know, it’s your hair. Your hair is far more Cleo than Felicia.” She laughed. “Now you’re being silly.” “Sorry it’s a little bugbear of mine,” he said. “Underneath it all, however, …
“I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.” Salvador Dali “Once in a restaurant, I asked for grilled cuttlefish and was served a shuttlecock.” Maude Diego, who I haven’t seen except on Facebook since we were in our twenties, introduced me to the …
Kateryna was working in the hospitality tent during the European championships of twenty twelve when she learned Shevshenko, the talisman of the national team, was on his way. All the hospitality girls were keen to shake Shevshenko by the hand or get him to sign autographs. But Shevshenko moved briskly along the line until he …
Mary had been quite specific: if you are going to come to the party, you need to bring a boy. Preferably with a peacock feather. “What does she mean a peacock feather?” said Em, “I can’t stand strutting types.” “Don’ be silly, M. I don’t think that’s what she meant.” “What did she mean then?” …
“It was a perfect marriage. He didn’t want to. And she couldn’t.” Spike Milligan “It was an imperfect perfect marriage. Neither were able to.” Mabel “Families! Who needs Families?” – When Mabel has glass in hand; some of it will inevitably spill on the table cloth. – “Surely, you know where you are going in …
The two of them sat side by side in the brasserie, comfortable but not with long conversation. It was an old ritual and one which they had both learned to tolerate. Francoise was normally a flamboyant dresser, but for her father she put on a plain dress and held back on the makeup. Guillaume was …
After taking early retirement from his job on the council, at fifty, Gregorio was beginning to feel that nothing very much was going on in his life. One evening, on a whim, and while his wife was away on business, he arranged to meet his ex. They had not seen each other for more than …
Jamal and Raif lugged the huge item back to the shop. “What in heaven’s name have you got there?” asked their father. “A giant teapot!” they exclaimed proudly. “Why?” said their father. “We had to buy it – it is so cool!” answered Jamal. “Oh really?” said his father. “How much?” “Um…” “HOW much?” “Six …
No one could deny the romance of the Highland Sleeper Train. Who could not love the old-fashioned carriages, the earthy and ever pleasant stewards and the rattle of the track as the train spend northwards? It did not matter whether you were in the Aberdeen or Edinburgh section of the train, when dawn broke you …
“We don’t grow older. We grow riper.” Pablo Picasso “Someone cites it, and I steal it.” Mary Sands Golden Years was a song, I recall, we could not get enough of in our early twenties. Overstall, I recall, was obsessed by it, as he was the Ficus Benjamin, which still stands tall in the hall …