The Color of Secrets by Ashford Lindsay Jayne

Author:Ashford, Lindsay Jayne [Ashford, Lindsay Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2015-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

The following Saturday Eddie took Louisa to a matinee at the cinema. They walked into town, pausing by the Midland Counties Dairy to watch the never-ending procession of milk bottles jiggling past on the conveyor belt. Louisa could see her reflection in the huge plate glass windows. She had stuffed her hair into the wide-brimmed straw hat Aunt Rhiannon had bought her for chapel. Reaching up, she tucked a stray wisp behind her right ear. Then she pulled the sleeves of her blouse as far down her arms as they would go so that her hands were half covered by the white fabric. Instead of ankle socks, she was wearing a knee-high pair and had loosened the drawstring waist of her pink cotton skirt so that it hung an inch or so lower than usual. Luckily her mother had been out shopping when they left the house; otherwise, she might have noticed. Louisa frowned at her reflection. She did look a bit strange and her head itched, but at least she was covered up. That was the important thing.

The cool darkness of the cinema was a relief after the stifling jostle of the streets. She could take her hat off now. No one would see her hair. As she bent down to push the hat under her seat, something brushed against her face: the hem of the usherette’s dress as she guided people to their seats. A heady scent of poppies drifted in her wake. The red glow of her torch was like a magic wand pointing the way to a secret world.

Louisa gasped when the pink satin curtains rippled back. She was transfixed by the enormous screen. A box of popcorn lay untouched on her lap as she gazed awestruck at Snow White singing into the wishing well.

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