Saturday 9 June 2007

The Adventurer's New Clothes


A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character, says the proverb. But one cannot attend the theatre, infamous for its many characters, without a new coat. A coterie of ladies in waiting were generous enough to make a present of the cloth, and I sat with needle and thread these past few evenings. The colour struck my fancy and I thought myself quite dapper, if a little immodest.

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