Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace by M. C. Beaton

Author:M. C. Beaton [Beaton, M. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-0-7953-1534-3
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2011-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

“And that’s what he said,” reported Tom to Sir Philip half an hour later.

“So she’s up to her old tricks,” mused Sir Philip. “Well, well, we’ll see what we can do.”

Mrs. Budley and Miss Tonks found they had little time to get dressed that evening. Lady Fortescue and the colonel seemed to have been overcome by a sort of perfectionist desperation. Glasses which had been washed in soap and water and polished with a soft cloth were not considered shiny enough, and so she and Miss Tonks had been sent to the still-room to prepare a glass polish by making a paste of calcined magnesia and purified benzine, and when that was ready, it was to be applied to every glass and they all had to be polished again.

Like Lady Macbeth trying to get the damned spot out, Mrs. Budley scented her hands, but the smell of benzine seemed to cling to her skin. But at last she was ready and dressed in the new jaconet gown and with the silk flowers in her hair.

“You cannot possibly wear that!” screeched Miss Tonks.

Mrs. Budley paused in the doorway. “Why?”

Miss Tonks blushed delicately. “You have fine shoulders, Eliza, but you are showing too much of them.”

Mrs. Budley ran to the long glass. The low neckline exposed the top halves of her breasts. Yes, it was a trifle low but there was no time to change. The first guests would soon be arriving.

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