gisela opicked up the soap mermaid ." charming ." the mwemaid was retured to its soapdish ." carolyne really shouldn't wera vevel hairabnds . and minty ...it's a lovely dress , but wonder if blue isn't more your color ?" the charm and lightness of gisela's smile neutralized the criticism . she put her head on one side and exhaled thoughtfully ." it isn't easy being the second wife ...or third ."
" was it awful ?"
gisela searched for her lipstick in her tiny evening bag and applied it ." nicholas was very old , and i had to do a lot nursing . it was lonely , and the children hated me . richmond wasn't quite so old and his children not quite so bad . in fact , we quite liked each other ....until richmond died ." she pursed her lips and the color stained them ." all hell broke loose over the will . we lived in the family house , so i came over here and met roger and .....poof ... evereything was fine ." she made it sound easy , but io dare swear it was anything but ." don't get me wrong . minty . i chose to do what i did ."
i ran rapid life review through the internal projector . the resulting picture was not exactly romantic , being more practical and caculating , but that was life ." so did i ."
as we trod downstairs together , gisela surprised me by saying , " don't you think we are realists ?"
" do you mean that we look after purselves ?"
gisela tucked a hand inder my elbow ." that 's exactly what i mean ."
i carried the coffee into the sitting rooom and martin helped me set it down on the side table ." we'll be off in a minute ." he said ." paige needs her sleep ."
martin was fair -haird but had strongly marked dark eyebrows that gave him a permanently questioning look .
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