Unexpected Encounter
Feb. 28th, 2008 08:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfanAs I hobbled past the Adair house I caught a glimpse of a back I thought I knew and was drawn into the crowd as unwillingly as a trout on a line, nudging past the loiterers and louts and wishing I dared to use my full height to advantage.
It was he, of course, listening with a skeptical air to the unlikely theories of a Scotland Yard upstart. I should have gone on as soon as I was certain – not put my disguise at risk – but found myself standing within reach, numbering the sudden strands of silver in his hair.
It was he, of course, listening with a skeptical air to the unlikely theories of a Scotland Yard upstart. I should have gone on as soon as I was certain – not put my disguise at risk – but found myself standing within reach, numbering the sudden strands of silver in his hair.
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Date: 2008-02-29 02:37 am (UTC)These really are fantastic, you know.
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Date: 2008-02-29 03:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-29 03:49 am (UTC)The gray hairs! EEEEEEEEE!
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Date: 2008-02-29 04:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-29 04:05 am (UTC)You are really brilliant at this.
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