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She sat down heavily on the stone bench outside Mr Hilleford’s Tobacco Shoppe for Discerning Gentleainst the wall behind her, desperately (there was that aord again) trying to wedge her entire body under the awning It was pouring Pouring Not drizzling, not s, sheep, and horses
At this rate, she wouldn’t have been surprised if an elephant tuht that cheroots produced her least favorite smell, but no, mold orse, and Mr Hilleford’s Tobacco Shoppe for Gentlemen who Did Not Mind if Their Teeth Turned Yellow had a suspicious black substance creeping along its outer wall that smelled like death
Really, could she possibly be in a worse situation?
Why, yes Yes, she could Because she was (of course) quite alone, the rain having taken thirty seconds to go fro party was across the street, happily browsing in the warm and cozy Miss Pilaster’s Fancy E all sorts of fun and frilly reat deal better than Mr Hilleford’s establishment
Miss Pilaster sold perfume Miss Pilaster sold dried rose petals and little candles that shed Such was her life
She had lingered too long at theof a bookshop, assuring her friends that she would meet them at Miss Pilaster’s in a minute or to minutes had turned to five, and then, just as she’d been preparing to make her way across the street, the heavens had opened and Honoria had had no choice but to take refuge under the only open awning on the south side of the Cah Street
She staredit pu the cobblestones with tre back into the air like tiny little explosions The sky was darkening by the second, and if Honoria was any judge of English weather, the as going to pick up at anyher pathetic spot under Mr Hilleford’s awning completely useless
Her mouth slipped into a dejected frown, and she squinted up at the sky
Her feet et
She was cold
And she’d never once, not in her entire life, left the boundaries of England, which lish weather, and in about threeto be even ht now
Which she really hadn’t thought possible
"Honoria?"
She blinked, bringing her gaze down froe that had just rolled into place in front of her
"Honoria?"
She knew that voice "Marcus?"