The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling & Marianne Spitzer

Author:Christine Sterling & Marianne Spitzer [Sterling, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

April 25, 1871

Archie and Marianne were going through the stack of letters on his desk when Pearl came in with a pot of tea and two slices of cake on a tray. “This is one of the recipes I'm trying for the wedding,” she said.

She placed a piece of cake in front of both Marianne and Archie. “This one has brandied fruit in it. It reminds me of the cakes from Europe. The other is just lemon with a vanilla buttercream frosting.”

Archie questioned Pearl, “Why are you making a wedding cake?”

Marianne took a bite of the fruit-laced cake, allowing the flavors to explode in her mouth.

“Why wouldn't we do a wedding cake, Archie?” Pearl asked. “It would be only right considering there's going to be a wedding. Unless the wedding is just a matter of ceremony. Marianne said any day a woman gets married is a special occasion and therefore it must be celebrated. Like it or not, we are going to have a wedding dinner and the cake afterwards.”

“The cake is very good, Pearl,” he said. “I just don't understand all the trouble for this.”

Marianne said, “I would love to see that these couples stay together if we can find the right people for them.”

Marianne dismissed Pearl and went back to perusing papers in front of her.

“See, you did it again,” Archie said.

“Did what?”

“You dismissed Pearl. She looks to you for being the person in charge.”

Marianne looked up from her papers, “I didn't realize that,” she said. “I guess it was just a natural reaction. So, I think that the ladies will be arriving in the next couple of days. I want to figure out where we are going to put them. I have secured some rooms at The Hodge House as we cannot have them stay in the dormitories and there certainly is not enough room here at the office.”

“That sounds fine. We need to go through these letters quickly, so we can send telegrams to those we would like to come out and invite them for an interview.”

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