Unnatural Habits: A Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Greenwood Kerry

Author:Greenwood, Kerry [Greenwood, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2013-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

There were two types of young woman that Phryne found trying. One was the sullen or bohemian: painty hands, significant art, no stockings and dirty hair. The other was the frilly or gushing: immaculate hair, hat, stockings and gloves and the affectations of the ‘little me’ type. Cecilia was the latter.

Hopetoun Tearooms was the most exclusive and respectable tearoom in the whole city. Phryne always enjoyed the Block Arcade. She had found it on her first walk on her first day in Melbourne. Italian tesserae on the floor, arches and gilding, excellent small shops, bijou jewellers, a couple of intriguing milliners. Phryne calmed herself as she paced the Block with the young woman. The Block was, at least, neutral ground. Miss Cecilia was a healthy, strong young woman with a rosy face, clear eyes, blonde hair and a regrettable taste for pink. She had a faint, die-away voice, ending each sentence with a little questioning gasp, which would doubtless serve her well with the in-laws—she would never express a contrary opinion—but which was annoying Phryne quite out of proportion to the offence. Also, she could not approve of a cloche with quite so many roses on it, even if they were pink silk.

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