Charlotte in London by Joan MacPhail Knight

Author:Joan MacPhail Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2008-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

July 20, 1895

The Lygon Arms

Broadway

Tonight was the Millets’ party. The garden was lit with Japanese lanterns. Everybody was drinking champagne and eating pigs in blankets—little sausages wrapped in pastry. Suddenly there was a loud screeching sound and all the little children ran for the house.

“C’est le paon,” said a voice behind me—it’s the peacock. “Il n’aime pas les petits”—he doesn’t like little children. I turned and saw Hippolyte standing there with a girl with a crown of flowers on her head. She said her name was Tessa Gosse. Then she disappeared and came back with a crown of flowers for me and a crown of laurel leaves for Hippolyte. Once the children were inside the house, the peacock stopped screeching and we went in to dinner.

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