"I think," she flushed this time more out of embarrassment than anything else. "That I need more information. I believe I understand the message," class and gender discrepancy, those of leisure versus those who had to work to make ends meet. She did not want to misinterpret what it was the story was trying to say. It was certainly a challenge to how she had been raised and Torie knew she would have never been able to do what some of the women around her did, but she was curious."But would you tell me your thoughts?" After stopping a passing server, Torie requested a glass of white wine and let Mr. Echelon-Arnost make his request before sending the staff off in search of the drinks.
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Red again! June 1894