Tiffany Girl by Gist Deeanne

Author:Gist, Deeanne [Gist, Deeanne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Howard Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

46

The last person Flossie expected to see in her bedroom doorway was Mr. Wilder. The rest of the family at 438 were frequent visitors, but Mr. Wilder had never so much as gone past his room.

She sat with her back to a yellow lamp, her feet propped in her bookshelf. Placing a marker in Pride and Prejudice, she set her feet down and placed the book her grandmother had given her onto the bookshelf next to the rest of her Jane Austen collection. “Hello.”

Dragging a hand through his hair, he looked about her room, reminding her of Mr. Darcy when he’d gone to profess his love to Elizabeth but was unable to spit out the words. Of course, Mr. Wilder had no such feelings for her, but his discomfort was palpable nonetheless.

Cracking his knuckles, he took a deep breath. “I was wondering if you could do me a favor.”

A favor? “Certainly,” she said. “How can I help you?”

Slipping his hands into his pockets, he looked at the toes of his shoes. “Well, it’s just that I’ve been assigned a piece for the newspaper about the Tiffany Girls and their reactions to the upcoming culmination of the Glass Cutters’ strike. I was wondering if, perhaps, you could introduce me to some of the ladies you work with?”

“I see.” She folded her hands in her lap. “This is certainly a departure from the point of view you normally present, isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I could ask them to meet with you, but I’m not sure when they’d have the time. We work solid during the day and after the long hours we worked getting the chapel ready, everyone is anxious to leave come quitting time.”

“So you don’t think they’d stay and talk to me?”

“I could ask them, but I’m not optimistic.”

His shoulders drooped.

She slowly straightened. “Wait, I have an idea.”

He looked at her sideways. “What kind of idea?”

She stood. “Mr. Tiffany is holding a reception in celebration of the awards his chapel has won so far at the fair. It’s this Saturday at the San Remo—a magnificent hotel on Central Park West. It would be perfect. He’s invited all of us Tiffany Girls.”

“A reception? You mean, like a ball?”

“Yes.”

He rubbed the back of his neck. “And you’re going?”

“Of course I’m going.” She nodded. “I wouldn’t miss it. None of us would. Well, actually, there are a couple of girls who don’t have anything appropriate to wear and don’t feel as if they’ll fit in.” She shrugged. “Truth be told, none of us will fit in, but I still want to go. I’ve lent out dresses to the Tiffany Girls who are similar in size to me, and the rest are remaking gowns they already have.”

He shook his head. “The World would never be able to secure an invitation to that.”

“The paper won’t need to secure an invitation. Mr. Tiffany told us to give him the name of a guest we’d like to bring. The other girls are bringing family members. Out of my family here at 438, I’d thought to submit Mr.

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