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The Fourhundredandseventysecond
Gertie Mountcastle
was surprised, rather taken aback, nonplussed even, to find that she
and Palestrina MacFarlane were wearing almost identical, if not
absolutely identical, outfits when they emerged from their two
bedrooms: “it makes us look like The Dolly Sisters!” she
exclaimed, much to Pal's delight: “wouldn't it be rather fun if we
were taken for The Dolly Sisters?” she exclaimed, clapping
her hands and then, perceiving a slight discomfort on Gertie's part,
went on, less exuberantly: “I always pack two of everything and put
half in your trunk for safety just in case . . . . .” and Gertie
who had never owned two identical items other than shoes, which are
not truly identical, or, rather, stockings, said, “well who is
which?” and Pal replied: “or which is whom? I suppose it only
matters if there are two in the room; let me be Rosie and you Jenny,
oh, sweetheart, we are going to have a ball, let's hope it's not a
bawl, or a brawl, that's all!” and Gertie, now 'Jenny Dolly'
laughed and clapped her hands, for she had never been good at
paronomasia, regarding punning as even harder work than running, “I
feel quite foozled,” and 'Rosie Dolly replied: “you need a G&T
my girl,” and poured their drinks: “let us hope our adventures
are not too edifying, darling, and maybe afterwards you can write an
account of them, a sort of periplus of our circumnavigation of the
Third Reich: we'll drink to it's Downfall!” and as their glasses
clinked, Jenny said: “I hope my knocker elastic holds, I wouldn't
want that sort of 'Downfall'!” at which Rosie hooted and the
knocked back their drinks and fell laughing onto the sofa, arms and
legs akimbo, just as the waiter entered with their breakfast!
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