“I can’t believe you remember all that,” Rommy said admiringly as Ginny reeled off facts about the unfortunate man sitting over there. She was really rather impressed at people who could keep up with all that; she certainly couldn’t. She suspected sometimes that keeping up with society gossip was in itself a full-time occupation.
The pair across the room got even louder, and at this point they must have been enjoying the attention - or want rumour to spread fast - but Rommy had to clutch at Eloquence’s sleeve, wincing out of sheer secondhand embarrassment. “Is she getting up? I can’t bear to look,” she moaned quietly.
The pair across the room got even louder, and at this point they must have been enjoying the attention - or want rumour to spread fast - but Rommy had to clutch at Eloquence’s sleeve, wincing out of sheer secondhand embarrassment. “Is she getting up? I can’t bear to look,” she moaned quietly.
