Friday, October 26, 2007

The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
When Miss Marple uttered the word “gentlemen" she always gave it its full Victorian flavour - an echo from an era actually before her own time. You were conscious at once of dashing full-blooded (and probably whiskered) males, sometimes wicked, but always gallant.
"You're such a handsome girl," pursued Miss Marple, appraising Lucy. "I expect they pay you a good deal of attention, don't they?"
The Birth of Venus
Lucy flushed slightly. Scrappy remembrances passed across her mind. Cedric, leaning against the pigsty wall. Bryan sitting disconsolately on the kitchen table. Alfred's fingers touching hers as he helped her collect the coffee cups.
"Gentlemen," said Miss Marple, in the tone of one speaking of some alien and dangerous species, “are all very much alike in some ways - even if they are quite old…."
"Darling," cried Lucy. "A hundred years ago you would certainly have been burned as a witch!"
And she told her story of old Mr. Crackenthorpe's conditional proposal of marriage.
The Birth of Venus

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