Mrs. Mcvinnie's London Season
“The woman looked about her wildly and saw only the backs of the theatergoers scurrying to their seats. Her eyes filled with tears and she began to sob out loud.
“Larinda, you are ruined,” she cried. “See how everyone deserts us!”
“Mama, it is the beginning of Act Five,” Larinda declared prosaically, and then looked around at Captain Summers. “Uncle, I fear we must take Aunt Agatha home.”
“Yes,”
Lady Smeath said, and sobbed even harder. “Home to Suffolk, ruined forever.”
“Belay it, Agatha,” said... the captain. “With the possible exception of Sir Peter Winthrop, no one’s ruined.”
The mention of Sir Peter’s name caused Lady Smeath’s eyes to roll back in her head again. Grimly Larinda applied the vinaigrette again, with the same results.
“He is ruined?” she sobbed. “And I had such high hopes for him, Larinda.
Ten thousand a year. I feel certain he would have made an offer for you.”
“And I would just as quickly have sent him to the rightabout,”MoreLess
“Larinda, you are ruined,” she cried. “See how everyone deserts us!”
“Mama, it is the beginning of Act Five,” Larinda declared prosaically, and then looked around at Captain Summers. “Uncle, I fear we must take Aunt Agatha home.”
“Yes,”
Lady Smeath said, and sobbed even harder. “Home to Suffolk, ruined forever.”
“Belay it, Agatha,” said... the captain. “With the possible exception of Sir Peter Winthrop, no one’s ruined.”
The mention of Sir Peter’s name caused Lady Smeath’s eyes to roll back in her head again. Grimly Larinda applied the vinaigrette again, with the same results.
“He is ruined?” she sobbed. “And I had such high hopes for him, Larinda.
Ten thousand a year. I feel certain he would have made an offer for you.”
“And I would just as quickly have sent him to the rightabout,”MoreLess
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