| "That was the first thing I thought,
too, but... 296 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|03:15 am] |
"That was the first thing I thought,
too, but Aunt Pauline would have skinned me alive if I'd said so
He must be about a hundred Eleanor's brow creased in thought and
she
mumbled under her breath as she worked out the arithmetic
"Over ninety for sure," she said at last"I know he was in his late
thirties when he married your grandmother in 1820I had an auntshe's
dead long since-who never got over itShe was mad about him, and
he'd
been quite attentive to herBut then Solange-your grandmotherdecided
to notice him and poor Aunt Alice didn't stand a chanceI was only
ten at the time, but that was old enough to know what was |
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