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TOOTS
10-22-2010, 01:59 PM
The Duchess of Fife was of a dimunative stature, but in her sable coat she appeared, to all extent and purposes, more akin to being of blue blood than aspiring to giving the outward appearance of a ruffled chicken.

She was of a gentle nature, but had enough iron in her persona to adequately convey and expect her views to be considered in a responsible manner by all the members that mattered in the new British Cabinet.

Having been a Lady in Waiting to the Queen at her Investiture, woe betide any aspiring politician that chose to display discourtesy or treat her advice lightly. She had only just come off the phone to the Chancellor to both question his sums in the Budget and to firmly remind him that although the French were currently rioting over the raising of the retirement age from 50 to 51, he should not take lightly the Anglo Saxon displeasure at having their own raised to 80. Furthermore, she reminded the poor man, that the Duke was also somewhat purturbed that no exemptions to the austerity measures had been implemented for Scottish crofters or the wiskey distillers.

(To be continued)

Delta40
10-23-2010, 05:48 AM
What a tasty little morsel Toots.

hillwalker
10-23-2010, 08:09 AM
This did make me smile - it is rather quaint.

But I'm struggling to work out when these events are supposed to have taken place (presumably early 1900's ?).

It reminds me of those misguided American dramas that portray contemporary English life as an episode from 'Lady Windermere's fan' with the aristocracy and their minnions having some role to play in society, when in fact they are totally insignificant.

A couple of typos - the most glaring being :

to all extent and purposes - should be - to all intents and purposes

but a great first post.

H

TOOTS
10-31-2010, 04:16 PM
Thank you Delta for the encouragement. Glad you enjoyed it, albeit but a morsel.

Hillwalker. I was trying to take a bit of the E.Waugh & O.Wilde genre & stick it in contempory times. I must confess I'd just read D.H.Lawrence's short novella "The Ladybird" which got me in the mood, combined with Manichaean's skit on the Devil in Miami Immigration which really made me chuckle. Will try harder with the typo's!

hillwalker
10-31-2010, 05:22 PM
I think it works better if you keep it strictly in a fictionalised past. Mainly because the social mores of the early 1900s would probably be too hard to swallow in current times regardless of the austere times ahead!!!

H