The Withdrawing Room by Charlotte MacLeod

Author:Charlotte MacLeod [MacLeod, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Humour
ISBN: 9780743452588
Publisher: ibooks
Published: 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Withdrawing Room ~ 99

you don’t feel free to so much as pull a chair out of line. If you’ll forgive my mentioning chairs again.”

They both had a little laugh over that, then Sarah had a bright idea. “Would you excuse me for one second? I’m just going to run into the studio. It used to be Aunt Caroline’s —that is, my mother-in-law’s boudoir.”

She came back with a huge armload of lace, georgette, and crepe de Chine. “Would you be terriby offended if I were to offer you a few of her things? You’ve been so sweet and I—it would please me if you were to have something that belonged to the house. She was a famous beauty in her day, you know, and when her husband was alive she always dressed in the most exquisite clothes. You wouldn’t believe what I found when I cleaned out her closets. Everything was far too big for me, of course, so I passed most of it out among her friends and relatives.”

Cousin Mabel had managed to wind up with the lion’s share as always, and what she intended to do with all those beaded chiffon evening gowns, only the Lord in His infinite wisdom knew.

“But there are still some negligees and nightgowns and undies, camisoles and those floppy-legged step-ins and so forth, that are quite lovely. You have such a charmingly imaginative way of dressing that I’ve been thinking you might find them rather fun to play around with.”

In fact, Sarah had thought no such thing until a moment ago. It was just that she’d happened to find the garments in the basement room where they’d been stuck and forgotten after Aunt Caroline’s death. Rushing to get the room ready for Mr. Bittersohn, she’d thrust them back upstairs in the former boudoir because she couldn’t think offhand what else to do with them. Now, watching Mrs. Sorpende’s face aglow at sight of the soft colors and rich fabrics, she was grateful for her oversight.

“Oh, Mrs. Kelling! I’m simply overwhelmed. Are you sure you care to part with these wonderful things?”

“Quite sure. I’d never use them myself, and they’re not the sort of stuff one cares to pass on to outsiders. I only hope some of them fit.”

“They will, I can assure you, one way or another. I’m very clever with my needle. Such lovely, lovely materials! I feel like the Queen of Sheba just touching them. Or should I say Queen Liliuokalani?”

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