Charles set down his mug with a clunk. "You actually went there?" Ruffles on the lampshades ... oh, he could see in his mind's eye that look, the stricken look Susan was describing. When someone meant to be tasteless, Camilla would go cold and blank to freeze them out, but when she was sure they didn't mean it and they just didn't have the taste God gave a warthog, then she got embarrassed on their behalf.
"You really did, didn't you?" He couldn't remember the last time he'd laughed this hard. "She made you stay, too, I bet. Couldn't just turn around and walk out when she saw what she'd gotten into."
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Date: 2007-12-09 09:11 am (UTC)"You really did, didn't you?" He couldn't remember the last time he'd laughed this hard. "She made you stay, too, I bet. Couldn't just turn around and walk out when she saw what she'd gotten into."