Unlike the opening of the Wayfaring Mare, there are few external decorations for this particular party.  The hostesses doubt, given the temperature and cooperation of the weather to participate with the colour scheme, anyone will want to spend much time outside.  Another difference is that the doors to the upstairs have been pulled shut and locked ( Read more... )

Normally at about this time she would have been singing with her sisters and turning in their slow, stately dance. Her plans for the night had not included getting hit with a gaudy piece of jewelry and tumbling down the long miles to earth. Nor had they included an ankle that felt either sprained or broken. And they definitely didn’t add in ( Read more... )