Sunday, July 31, 2011

23rd six sentence Sunday, Meeting the Multibillionaire

From Larger Than Death, Josephine is led up a spectacular staircase by Mrs. Madrone's openly unimpressed personal assistant to meet with a woman whose name adorns a museum, a hospital, and half a dozen other edifices around the state:

My guide was gone without a word and I stepped toward the woman who sat in a wheelchair next to a heavy mahogany desk that probably had belonged to some Spanish grandee.

Alicia Madrone was in her sixties and narrow as a whippet, with pewter hair pulled into a chignon. Despite the flood of sunshine from the windows that looked out over the Bay, she wore a heavy sweater and wool skirt. The lilac point Siamese on her lap raised his head and stared at me for a moment before settling back down into the blue blanket that matched the color of his eyes.

I reached into my pocket to peel a tissue off the pack I'd brought. I was starting to sweat.


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20 comments:

  1. Divine description. I could have snuggled right in with the cat, I felt like I was there, in the scene with all the characters not just Josephine. Fabulous Six!

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  2. Thanks, Alix, I realized when I extracted these sentences that the cat is the center of the scene... or maybe that's just the cat's point of view!

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  3. Wonderful description, right down to the tissue!

    ~Xakara
    Dawn's Early Light 6SS

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  4. Whoa, fabulous description! I love yoru writing at just one read! Real flow and putted me straight into the story.

    On my TBR pile now ;)

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  5. Wonderful! Pulled me right into the story.

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  6. Great description! I'm curious to read more.

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  7. This is an awesome description. I love your work and have to read more of Josephine.

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  8. Don't think one tissue will do the job. Loved the word "grandee"

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  9. Loved the description of the Grand lady

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  10. Very nice description, but she seems much older than 60's. Perhaps it's the frailty of her thinness with the heavy clothes...

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  11. Thanks, Xakara!

    Much obliged, Misa, the TBR pile is a most-cherished destination!

    Thanks, Sarah, Jessica and Gem, unabashedly aiming to keep the pages turning!

    Good point, sassyspeaks, the tissue pack may be empty before the interview is done!

    Thanks, Jayel and 1000th monkey, Mrs. Madrone is physically fragile and mentally tough as titanium!

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  12. So descriptive! I need to check out your work now! Great six!

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  13. Thanks, Carrie Ann! Very encouraging words!

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  14. Great description, could picture the scene well.

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  15. Absolutely fantastic description! So smooth and detailed without overwhelming the reader.

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  16. Thanks, Gayle and Cara, glad it's working!

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  17. You description is sooo vivid. Well done!

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  18. Thanks, Bree, aiming at evoking the scene!

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