[MaC] And so it begins....Evangeline & Marion

[Margaret Dean]

Ree Moorhead Pruehs wrote:

> Eventually Vangie selected a plain strand of pearls and matching earrings
> and donned them before stepping into her plain, low-heeled, sensible dress
> shoes. It was, she thought, the one good thing about getting old. One need
> no longer completely enslave oneself to fashion as opposed to allow aging
> legs and feet the comfort they deserved.
> 
> She heard Philip thumping around in his bedroom, but did not tap on the
> door. She had noticed he didn't like being fussed over. And she had never
> been particularly maternal by nature anyway.
> 
> "I'll see you upstairs, then," she called loud enough for him to hear.
> Picking up her clutch purse -- the evening's compromise between her more
> typical large and overfilled bag and going completely naked -- she stepped
> out into the hallway.

The clanking of the lift announced its arrival from the floor
below.  As it halted, Vangie could see that Marion Mauberly was
inside.  She smiled when she saw Vangie and opened the iron
grille for her.

"Is Philip coming?" she asked.


<tag Vangie, anyone else emerging into fourth floor hallway>


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>