The Mary Russell Series Books 1-4: The Beekeeper's Apprentice; A Monstrous Regiment Of Women; A Letter Of Mary; The Moor - Plot & Excerpts
I spent the better part of the morning in the shops, assembling a wardrobe appropriate to a salesgirl or a colonel’s secretary, and most of the afternoon rendering my purchases down into a state of shabby gentility by the judicious use of too-hot water and an overheated iron, and by replacing the odd button with one that almost matched. Shoes were a problem, but in the end I settled on a good pair, for the strength of the heel and the relative comfort of the toe, and added a patina of age with grit and a poorly matched polish. The effect I was aiming for was someone who understood quality but couldn’t quite afford it. Beyond this, my character’s clothing needed to be innocently seductive, with the emphasis on innocence. Young, naïve, unprotected, determined, and a bit scared—that was the image I held in front of me as I tried on white lawn blouses, looked at embroidered collars, and studied the effects of different sleeves. I even bought six lacy handkerchiefs embroidered with the letter M.
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