Sublime

Club du Lys in Paris.

Jacaranda tried to focus on Janet Wilton but all she could remember other than that voice was that the woman was wearing ruby stud earrings. $1,200 Jacaranda called Janet Wilton collect as Janet had told her to. The following day, Jacaranda mailed an article she’d written that she thought maybe somebody might like to Janet.

the plush greenness that comes with affluence

This lady did the honors of the teacup and cookie crock each afternoon, with or without company. She would spread a large stool with a square of lace, deck it with a low bowl of artificial flowers, a teacup or teacups, the pot of tea, sugar, cream and lemon, and the odd-shaped crock of sweet crackers.