A lady on the bus

[felephant]

On the Dublin city bus back from the airport over Christmas, I became fascinated by every part of a woman a few seats ahead of me, across the aisle, because she dressed in a way that I can't describe except as a fin-de-siècle Viennese aristocrat's dress; and because she dressed so simply perfectly. From her immaculate red nails to her fine

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[ideealisme]

I love everything about this post, including that gloriously long, winding sentence in the first paragraph. I love the sound of the "Viennese aristocrat" too.

[felephant]

Thank you very much! (Can you tell I've been reading Joyce? :P)

[anonymous]

there are men who talk about or see women like this...